Julie Morstad

Julie Morstad is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books.

Career

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]

Awards and nominations

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]

Personal life

Morstad has a brother named Paul.^[8] At age 20, she gave birth to her first child.^[1]

Works

When You Were Small (2006) – Illustrator, written by Sara O'Leary
Milk Teeth (2007) – Illustrator
Where You Came From (2008) – Illustrator, written by Sara O'Leary
When I Was Small (2011) – Illustrator, written by Sara O'Leary
The Wayside (2012) – Illustrator^[9]
The Swing (2012) – Illustrator, written by Robert Louis Stevenson
How To (2013) – Writer and illustrator
Julia, Child (2014) – Illustrator, written by Kyo Maclear
This Is Sadie, (2015) – Illustrator, written by Sara O'Leary^[10]
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova (2015) – Illustrator, written by Laurel Snyder
Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey (2015) – Illustrator, written by Johanna Skibsrud and Sarah Blacker^[11]
Today (2016) – Writer and illustrator
When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons (2016) – Illustrator, written by Julie Fogliano
Singing Away the Dark (2017) – Illustrator, written by Caroline Woodward
Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli (2018) – Illustrator, written by Kyo Maclear
The Dress and the Girl (2018) – Illustrator, written by Camille Andros
House of Dreams: The Life of L. M. Montgomery (2018) – Illustrator, written by Liz Rosenberg
It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way (2019) – Illustrator, written by Kyo Maclear
Show Me A Sign (2020) – Illustrator, written by Ann Clare LeZotte
Girl on a Motorcycle (2020) – Illustrator, written by Amy Novesky
Time is a Flower (2022) – Writer and illustrator^[12]

Other:

Cover art for Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories (2006)
Cover art for Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006)^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Artist Julie Morstad on finding inspiration for her illustrations". Quill and Quire. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ "Post cartoonist Clement finalist for Canadian literary award". National Post, October 3, 2013.
^ Mark Medley, "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.
^ "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — illustrated books". CBC Books, October 12, 2022.
^ "Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
^ Porter, Ryan (2019-02-21). "Julie Morstad wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver award for Bloom illustrations". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ Shanda, Deziel (2020-09-16). "Julie Flett, Tom Ryan, and Sydney Smith lead the CCBC Award nominees". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ ^a ^b Conner, Sean (2007-02-28). "Julie Morstad's hair, limbs cut with the macabre". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ Brown, Hillary (2012-12-20). "The Wayside by Julie Morstad". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ Phoenix, Frida; Kaufman, Andrew (2015-06-05). "Review: New picture books from Sara O'Leary, Julie Morstad, and others". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ Gilbert, Julia (2015-03-03). "Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
^ "Time is a Flower". CBC Books. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

External links

Official website

[:0-1] "Artist Julie Morstad on finding inspiration for her illustrations". Quill and Quire. 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[2] "Post cartoonist Clement finalist for Canadian literary award". National Post, October 3, 2013.

[3] Mark Medley, "Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled". The Globe and Mail, October 7, 2014.

[4] "The finalists for the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — illustrated books". CBC Books, October 12, 2022.

[5] "Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award". The Canadian Children's Book Centre. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[6] Porter, Ryan (2019-02-21). "Julie Morstad wins Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver award for Bloom illustrations". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[7] Shanda, Deziel (2020-09-16). "Julie Flett, Tom Ryan, and Sydney Smith lead the CCBC Award nominees". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[:1-8] Conner, Sean (2007-02-28). "Julie Morstad's hair, limbs cut with the macabre". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[9] Brown, Hillary (2012-12-20). "The Wayside by Julie Morstad". Paste Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[10] Phoenix, Frida; Kaufman, Andrew (2015-06-05). "Review: New picture books from Sara O'Leary, Julie Morstad, and others". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[11] Gilbert, Julia (2015-03-03). "Sometimes We Think You Are a Monkey". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

[12] "Time is a Flower". CBC Books. 2021-09-02. Retrieved 2022-12-20.

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