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Shelley Johannes

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Shelley Johannes is the author/illustrator of the Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker chapter book series. Her buoyant debut picture book, MORE THAN SUNNY, released in May. BEATRICE ZINKER, UPSIDE DOWN THINKER was named a Beverly Cleary Children’s Choice Award Nominee, a Junior Library Guild Selection, an Amazon Best Book of 2017 (Ages 6-8), a Brightly’s Best Children’s Book of 2017—According to Kids, and is a Sunshine State Young Readers Award list book in 2020.

Shelley spent ten years in architecture, where she fell in love with tracing paper, felt-tip pens, and the greatness of black turtlenecks. She and her family live in Metro Detroit with three hilarious birds. Find out more at shelleyjohannes.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @shell
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