Darcy Pattison: Children's Book Author
Biography
Current Books
19 Girls and Me (Philomel, June 2006) a picture book illustrated by Steven Salerno. This is a story about friendship in a classroom with 19 girls and one lone boy.
Searching for Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt, March 2005), a picture book illustrated by Joe Cepeda. When Oliver is missing for sixty days, his friends send Imogene Poplar, P.I.–a wooden woman–to find him.
The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt Inc., 2003), a picture book illustrated by Joe Cepeda . A wooden man travels across the United States to connect a family.
- Reviewed in PW, SLJ, Booklist, and Horn Book.
- *Starred reviews in Kirkus and BCCB.
- Autumn 2003 Children's Booksense 76.
- Child magazine Best Books of the Year 2003.
- Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year 2003.
- 2003 BCCB Blue Ribbons book list.
- 2003 Kirkus Editor's Choice List.
- CCBC Choices 2004 list.
- Irma S. and James H. Black Picture Book Award Honor Book.
- 2004 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts.
- Nutmeg Media Children's Picture Books on Video, June 2005.
- 2004-5 Missouri Show Me Reader's Award Reading List.
- 2004-5 Book List Alabama Emphasis on Reading Program.
- Tumblebooks E-book. Tumblebooks.com
The Wayfinder (Greenwillow Books, 2000), a middle-grade fantasy novel. Winchal Eldras goes on a quest for healing both for himself and for his land.
- Reviewed in SLJ, Booklist, BCCB, Horn Book, VOYA and Locus Magazine.
- Translated into Spanish, El buscador de camino, (Groupo Editorial Norma, www.norma.com) .
- 2003-4 reading list for the South Carolina Junior Book award
- 2003-4 reading list for the Georgia Children's Book Award.
The River Dragon, a picture book illustrated by Jean and Mou-sien Tseng,(Lothrop, Lee & Shepard), c. 1991.
- American Booksellers Association "Pick of the Lists" Fall 1991.
- New York Public Library's list of "Best 100 Children's Books" for 1991
- Child Study Children's Book Committee--1991 Children's Books of the Year list
- Translated into Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.
Forthcoming Books
Nineteen Girls and Me, (Philomel, Summer 2006,), a picture book, illustrated by Steven Salerno, about friendship in a kindergarten class with nineteen girls and one lone boy.
Biography
Darcy's profiles, how-to's, patterns and other articles have appeared in quilting magazines including Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, Traditional Quiltworks, Quilting Today, American Quilter, Patchwork Quilt Tsushin, and Miniature Quilts. Darcy's quilts have been shown nationally and her quilt, "Houses and Stars" is the cover quilt for 9/91 Quilting Today. Twice her quilts hung in the seven-state, Regional Craft Biennial at the Arkansas Art Center and her award-winning quilt was in the Great Arkansas Quilt Show 2002. She is a member of the Arkansas Quilter's Guild, the International Quilter's Association and American Quilter's Society.
Darcy has written non-fiction for children for Kids Wall Street News and fiction for Clubhouse Magazine. She written about writing for Writer's Digest, SCBWI Bulletin, Children's Writers & Illustrators Market 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003, Children's Writer, and Children's Book Insider. Darcy served as Arkansas Regional Advisor for the Society of Children's Bookwriters and Illustrators from 1991-96. From 1991-2004, she served as Director of the AR-SCBWI "Writing & Illustrating for Children Conference." For six years, she was the Children's Book Reviewer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. In 1999, Darcy created the Novel Revision Retreat, which she now teaches nationwide. She teaches writing at the University of Central Arkansas. She is a member of the Author's Guild.
Darcy has a B.A. from the University of Arkansas and an M.A. from Kansas State University. She lives in North Little Rock, AR with her husband and four children.
For more biographical information see Something About the Author, Vol 72, pp. 194-196.
