Julie Morstad is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books.
After coming to the attention of Simply Read Books publisher Dimiter Savoff through her work in the Vancouver arts scene, Morstad was asked to illustrate Sara O'Leary's When You Were Small in 2006. Morstad made her authorial debut in 2013 with How To, published by Simply Read Books. [1]
Morstad illustrated When You Were Small, which won the 2006 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. [1] She is a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration, receiving nods at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for How To, [2] at the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Julia, Child, [3] and at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Time Is a Flower. [4] How To and Time is a Flower also won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. [1] [5] In 2019, she won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Bloom. [6] It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way was nominated for the 2020 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. [7]
Morstad has a brother named Paul. [8] At age 20, she gave birth to her first child. [1]
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Julie Morstad is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books.
After coming to the attention of Simply Read Books publisher Dimiter Savoff through her work in the Vancouver arts scene, Morstad was asked to illustrate Sara O'Leary's When You Were Small in 2006. Morstad made her authorial debut in 2013 with How To, published by Simply Read Books. [1]
Morstad illustrated When You Were Small, which won the 2006 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. [1] She is a three-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration, receiving nods at the 2013 Governor General's Awards for How To, [2] at the 2014 Governor General's Awards for Julia, Child, [3] and at the 2022 Governor General's Awards for Time Is a Flower. [4] How To and Time is a Flower also won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. [1] [5] In 2019, she won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award for Bloom. [6] It Began With a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way was nominated for the 2020 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. [7]
Morstad has a brother named Paul. [8] At age 20, she gave birth to her first child. [1]
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