Representation - Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc.
J.H.Everett
J.H. Everett is a visual storyteller, writer, and creativity expert.
He is currently Senior Parnter of EverWitt Productions, LLC. A multimedia studio in Encinitas, CA.
And, Artist Ambassador for the Candy Palace Charity.
Ev is represented by Jamie Weiss-Chilton of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc.
My official title should be "get's paid to have more fun than he should be allowed to have."
The important stuff?
On a daily basis, Ev's Pembroke Welsh Corgi, named Lucy, herds him around the house and studio. Ev believes that she thinks he is a very tall, two-legged ram, or goat. I mean, we're talking Satyrs here folks. It's bizarre.
Ev holds a Ph.D in Early Modern European and World history from the University of California, Irvine. Being filled with far more creativity and humor that such a degree might suggest, Ev has worked as a professional musician, theater director, editor, writer, teacher, artist and illustrator. He has spent a lot of life traveling, meeting cool people, and studying in the UK and Western Europe. The one thing that he developed in his travels was a serious case of being a serial doodler.
Currently...
He is having way too much fun co-creating the fully illustrated middle-grade nonfiction series, Haunted Histories: Creepy Castles, Dark Dungeons, and Powerful Palaces, forthcoming from Christy Ottaviano Books/ Henry Holt Publishing, Inc. And, he is pretending that it is work to co-authoring the biography of Hanna Barbera artist/designer Bob Singer. He was a regularly contributing illustrator for the Los Angleles Times, Kid's Reading Corner. J.H. Everett's first picturebook, The Candy Palace, was published by the MMJ Foundation Press and Second Harvest Food Bank (along with retail partner, Dior). In partnership with MMJ Foundation, Ev has also helped create and implement the school giving programs for the Candy Palace project. Ev also the artist ambassador for the Candy Palace Charity.
Professional background...
In addition to his current book projects, Ev has worked as a freelance concept illustrator for Jim Henson Company and has created concept covers for Scholastic Books. This only fed his obsession with all things Henson. He served as an editor on Me and My World, as well as several other titles for the educational publisher, Teacher Created Resources. He has written articles for children’s literature publications and websites including: SCBWI Kite Tales, Children’s Book Insider, and The Reading Tub and is a featured author in the California Reader's Association and Authors Now! Of course, his most important profession is as dad adn hubby. He is the father of two boys, and is married to Dr. Rebecca Stanton, a professor of Education. Together, Ev and Becky continue to write articles, to come up with wacky ideas to help kids, and to create children's books and media. They also regularly present for school educational programs and academic conferences.
Always learning...
Ev's first art teacher was his grandpa Al. Oh, and Ernie from Sesame Street with his hip, French artist's beret. Ev would go over to grandpa's house after school in Tucson, Arizona area, where he grew up, and create paintings of Arizona landscapes. He was influenced by the photography of longtime family friend, Arizona Highways photographer and writer, Dick Frontain. As an adult, Ev studied privately under famed Disney watercolorist, cartoonist, and artist Roger Armstrong. Currently, Ev is a long-time student of celebrated Hanna Barbera artist/designer and animator, Bob Singer. He has also worked with Caldecott award winning artist, Alice Provensen, as part of Studio 5. In short, he gets to hang with really cool people.
Ev has taught students from preschool through the college level. The students and kids that he has worked with always teach him a thing or two. He has won numerous teaching awards for his pedagogical workshops, and classroom teaching. Ev thinks it's because he listens to his students' suggestions about teaching. Ev continues to work worldwide. He loves visiting people and cultures all over the world. Along with Studio 5, Ev's paintings and art installations was featured in a three-month show at the award winning Thatcher Gallery, as well as school programs and conference talks at the Charles Schultz museum, in San Francisco and the Bay Area in 2011.
