Once work slows down this year, I’m going to Japan in the winter with some friends to ring in the New Year (and hopefully get some rest!). Here’s a screenshot of Jan—with the star—and other translators at the Translator’s Social, part of the SCBWI Summer Conference 2024. Debora...
Holly waited eagerly to see how the work was put together, and it came in the form of a near final draft. We also learned that the day of the event in Tokyo was in fact the first time the author and illustrator had actually met, and that it is not an uncommon situation for the ...