Adele Enersen is an author, illustrator,[1] screenwriter, photographer and blogger[2] originally from Helsinki, Finland.[3][4]
Enersen created a blog, Mila's Daydreams,[5] where she posted photographs which she had taken of her daughter Mila, still an infant, in different costumes and props while she was asleep.[6][7] The blog attracted worldwide attention from writers on the subject of parenting.[3]
Enersen signed a publishing deal with HarperCollins and created two books, When My Baby Dreams and When My Baby Dreams Fairytales.[8][9] With her third book titled Vincent and the Night, she signed a deal with Dial Pres, Penguin Random House. The book was immediately listed "Best Book of the Month" Editor's Pick in Amazon.com.[10]
After the blog's popularity, her books and illustrations were featured on international television news[11] and were reviewed in magazines and websites around the world,[12] which in turn increased the readership of her blog.[13]
References
edit- ^ "A Social Media Star before turning one". Toronto Star, November 8, 2016, Kristen Thompson.
- ^ "When My Baby Dreams" Archived April 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Tulsa Book Review.
- ^ a b "Innovative adventures in napping". Toronto Star
- ^ Today.com – Vincent and the Night
- ^ "When My Baby Dreams ". Publishers Weekly.
- ^ Steven (September 29, 2012). "Japanese Babies Daydream Too! Creative Infant Art a la Mila’s Daydreams Sweeps Japan | RocketNews24" Archived March 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. RocketNews24.
- ^ "Life.Style.etc’s icy heart has been melted by Adele Enersen’s creative use of her sleeping baby". Life.Style.etc..
- ^ Worthington, Kate. "When My Baby Dreams". Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Sleeping like a baby, a bookworm and an astronaut" Archived November 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. TODAY.com.
- ^ https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=chp_banner_BOTMPict?ie=UTF8&node=6258794011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=mobile-hybrid-1&pf_rd_r=0T9DPDDQNGZ7WQDXDBR8&pf_rd_t=30901&pf_rd_p=2053166842&pf_rd_i=6129451011 Amazon Book Of The Month
- ^ ABC News. "The Conversation:The Mom Behind 'Mila's Daydreams'". ABC News.
- ^ "When My Baby Dreams". Book illuminations.
- ^ "Mila's Daydreams: Adorable Photos Imagine What Tots Dream About". HuffPost. August 2, 2010.
External links
edit- adeleenersen.com Official website Archived April 18, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- Mila's Daydreams