Sally Lloyd-Jones
Library member Sally Lloyd-Jones thinks of herself not as an author, but rather as someone who writes stories for children. According to Lloyd-Jones, "the stories found me, and not the other way around." Lloyd-Jones is the bestselling writer of many picture books including
Time to Say Goodnight,
Handbag Friends, and the New York Times Notable Children's Book
How to Be A Baby -By Me, the Big Sister.
Lloyd-Jones was born and raised in Africa and England and moved to the United States in 1989. As a child, Lloyd-Jones remembers reading Edward Lear's
The Complete Nonsense, which made her realize that "you could have that much fun with words and drawings...I didn't know it was allowed." In particular, Lloyd-Jones loves creating picture books because of "the way words and images work together...like a puzzle."
Before writing, Lloyd-Jones worked as a publisher, an experience which gave her "realistic expectations of the [publishing] process and how long it takes." Lloyd-Jones values the Society Library for its "amazing collection of hard-to-find children's books." Her advice to aspiring authors: "Write the book only you can write. If you're writing a book someone else can write, stop. They'll probably do it better anyway."
(Research and writing contributed by member Dan Rubins)
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