Loren Long

Loren Long
Long at the 2017 Texas Book Festival
Long at the 2017 Texas Book Festival
Born1964
Joplin, Missouri, SA
OccupationIllustrator, writer
NationalityAmerican
Periodc. 2000–present
GenreChildren's picture books
Website
lorenlong.com

Loren Long (born 1964)[1] is an American author of children's books best known for illustration. He won the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' (SCBWI) Golden Kite Award for picture book illustration in 2004 for I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson.

Biography

Long was born in Joplin, Missouri.[2] He graduated from University of Kentucky, with a BA in Graphic Design.[3] He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife and two sons.[4][2]

His career began at Gibson Greeting Cards in Cincinnati, Ohio eventually moving on to freelance illustration which gave him national exposure for children's books illustrations. A Simon & Schuster executive saw his work for Miles’ Song by Alice McGill and tapped him for the illustrations for I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson.[5] In 2004, I Dream of Trains won the Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration.[6] In 2005, he was a Golden Kite Award Honoree for his illustrations in When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman.[5][6] In 2010, he illustrated Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama.[7]

When he was 12 years old, he learned that he was colorblind. In his work, he relies on strong lighting sources, color theory, and support from his family to overcome this obstacle.[8]

Selected works

Year Title Writer Publisher ISBN
2000 My Dog, My Hero Betsy Byars
2002 The Wonders of Donal O’Donnell Gary D. Schmidt
2003 The Day the Animals Came: The Story of Saint Francis Day Frances Weller
2003 I Dream of Trains Angela Johnson ISBN 0-689-82609-5
2003 Mr. Peabody's Apples Madonna Callaway ISBN 0-689-82609-5
2003 I Dream of Trains Angela Johnson
2004 When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer Walt Whitman
2005 The Little Engine That Could Watty Piper
2007 Wind Flyers Angela Johnson ISBN 0-689-84879-X
2007 Barnstormers Game 1 Phil Bildner ISBN 1-4169-1863-9
2007 Barnstormers Game 2 Phil Bildner ISBN 1-4169-1864-7
2007 Angela and the Baby Jesus Frank McCourt Scribner
2009 Otis Loren Long Philomel Books ISBN 978-0-399-25248-8 [9]
2010 Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters Barack Obama Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN 978-0-399-16397-5
2015 Little Tree Loren Long Philomel Books ISBN 978-0-375-83527-8
2018 Love Matt de la Peña Penguin Random House
2018 There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake Loren Long Penguin Random House
2024 The Yellow Bus Loren Long Roaring Brook Press

References

  1. ^ "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink n99056642". lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  2. ^ a b Loren Long (artist) – Summary Bibliography". ISFDB. Retrieved 2014-08-19
  3. ^ "Loren Long". authorsinapril.org.
  4. ^ "Loren Long". Simon & Schuster.
  5. ^ a b "Loren Long". Communication Arts. 2006-01-04. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  6. ^ a b "SCBWI | Past Golden Kite Recipients". Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  7. ^ "Catching up with Loren Long". Cincinnati.com. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  8. ^ Russo, Maria (2017-12-23). "A Colorblind Artist? Yes, With a Little Help From His Friends". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-25.
  9. ^ "Libraries". webjunction.org. Archived from the original on 2011-12-22. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
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