Eliza Wheeler Explained

Eliza Wheeler
Birth Date:	21 December 1982
Birth Place:	Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation:	Illustrator, Writer
Genre:	Children's picture books, Illustration

Eliza Wheeler (born December 21, 1982) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. She wrote and illustrated Miss Maple's Seeds (Penguin), which debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list and has sold more than a million copies.^[1] She is also the illustrator of Holly Black's 2014 Newbery Medal Honor Book Doll Bones (McElderry Books), Alison McGhee's Tell Me A Tattoo Story, Pat Zietlow-Miller's Wherever You Go, and Mara Rockliff's The Grudge Keeper (Peachtree). She lives in Los Angeles, California.^[2] She is a 2006 graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Stout with a BFA in Graphic Design.^{[3] [4]}

Works List

Writer and illustrator

• Miss Maple's Seeds (Nancy Paulsen/Penguin, Apr 2013),

Illustrator

• John Ronald’s Dragons: The Story of J.R.R. Tolkien, by Caroline McAlister. Roaring Brook Press, 2017.^{[5] [6] [7]}
• The Left-Handed Fate, by Kate Milford, (Aug 2016),
• Cody and the Fountain of Happiness, by Tricia Springstubb (Candlewick, Apr 2015),
• Wherever You Go, by Pat Zietlow Miller (Little, Brown, Apr 2015),
• The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series by Maryrose Wood (Balzer + Bray)
  • Book I: The Mysterious Howling paperback reprint edition (Apr 2015),
  • Book II: The Hidden Gallery paperback reprint edition (Apr 2015),
  • Book III: The Unseen Guest paperback reprint edition (Apr 2015),
  • Book IV: The Interrupted Tale paperback reprint edition (Apr 2015),
  • Book V: The Unmapped Sea (Apr 2015),
• Spirit's Key, by Edith Cohn (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sep 2014),
• The Grudge Keeper, by Mara Rockliff (Peachtree, Apr 2014),
• The Desperate Adventures of Zeno and Alya, by Jane Kelley (Feiwel & Friends, Oct 2013),
• Doll Bones, by Holly Black (Margaret K. McElderry, May 2013),
• What Does It Mean to be Present?, by Rana DiOrio (Little Pickle, Jul 2010),

See also

• Children's literature
• Picture books
• Illustration

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lodge . Sally . 1 October 2019 . Q & A with Eliza Wheeler . 6 June 2022 . Publishers Weekly . en.
2. Web site: Eliza Wheeler . Goodreads . 9 June 2018.
3. Web site: INFO Wheeler Studio . wheelerstudio.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130509064446/http://wheelerstudio.com/info-2/ . 2013-05-09.
4. Web site: Art Exhibit, The Art of Play, Ryan Foose, Eliza Wheeler -... . volumeone.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190130000042/https://volumeone.org/events/2019/01/24/306579_art_exhibit_the_art_of_play_ryan_foose_eliza . 2019-01-30.
5. Book: JOHN RONALD'S DRAGONS Kirkus Reviews . en.
6. Book: John Ronald's Dragons: The Story of J. R. R. Tolkien, by Caroline McAlister Booklist Online . subscription.
7. Web site: John Ronald . 2023-05-08 . School Library Journal.