Austin SCBWI

Shelley is an author, illustrator, designer, educator, mommy, yogini, animal lover and baked goods connoisseur. Her first picture book, “Little Lions, Bull Baiters & Hunting Hounds: A History of Dog Breeds” was awarded the 2008 gold medal in juvenile non-fiction by ForeWord Magazine and received a non-fiction research grant from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her second book, “Upon Secrecy,” was selected as one of the best children’s books of the year by Bank Street College of Education 2010. Shelley teaches art at the Art School at the Austin Museum of Art and at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin, Texas. You can see Shelley’s art at ShelleyAnnJackson.com.