Storydog® Writers
John J. Bonk
John J. Bonk's work can be seen in many magazines, including Highlights,
Cricket, Cobblestone, Pockets, Dramatics, Poem Train, Hodgepodge,
PKA Publications, and the SCBWI Bulletin. A member of the Society of
Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, John has studied children's book
writing at New York's Gotham Writers' Workshop. He holds a degree in theatre arts
from Chicago's Loyola University and is also a member of Actors' Equity
Association. John currently resides in a high-rise in the heart
of Manhattan with his adopted feline, Madison, the softest kitty in
the world.
Dori Butler
Dori Butler has sold 14 books for children, including forthcoming
Whodunit: How the Police Solve Crimes (Perfection Learning, 2003),
Sliding into Home (Peachtree, 2003) and Trading Places with Tank
Talbott (Albert Whitman, 2003). She's also sold numerous magazine
stories, educational pieces, book reviews and web stories. She lives
in Iowa with her husband, two sons, a dog and a cat.
J.P. Christy
As a freelance writer since 1988, J.P. Christy has written more
than 100 video scripts and countless articles for North American
companies. But what really makes her soar are creative characters
and scenarios. Her short stories have won kudos from judges of both
adult and children’s fiction, including Writer’s Digest
magazine, ByLine Magazine, and JayJo Publications.
When she’s not writing or leading a monthly writing workshop,
J.P. Christy is living the suburban dream in Green, Ohio. There
she resides with her husband, Michael, her two school-aged children,
her black cat, Jinx, and her cocker spaniel, Sam.
Ann Harth
Ann Harth grew up in Rochester, N.Y. She moved to Massachusetts
in high school but returned to upstate NY for college. She has a
BA in psychology from Ithaca College. After completing school, Ann
lived and traveled throughout the United States until 1983, when
she moved to Queensland, Australia. She worked with children with
special needs for 10 years.
Ann has recently sold two short stories to Highlights For Children
and is working on her second novel. She is married with two children.
When Ann isn’t writing, she’s caring for orphaned or injured
native wildlife in Tropical Far North Queensland.
Marianna Heusler
Marianna Heusler is the author of more than two dozen short stories.
Her novel Buried In The Townhouse was released by Wordbeams.com
last year and was nominated for the Frankfurt Award. Larcom Press
will publish her young adult mystery The Night The Penningtons
Vanished. She serves on the board of the New York Chapter of
the Mystery Writers of America. A former teacher, Marianna currently
works as a school librarian.
Sharelle Byars Moranville
Sharelle Byars Moranville is the author of several articles and
stories for children and adults. Her first book, The Purple Ribbon,
is due to be released by Henry Holt in the autumn of 2002. Sharelle
loves telling serious stories of the heart as well as light-hearted
action tales. But most of all, Sharelle loves the real people and
animals in her life who make her laugh and cry and give her raw
material for her stories.
Anola Pickett
Anola Pickett writes mostly for children. Her book Old Enough
for Magic is an “I Can Read” book from HarperCollins,
and her stories, articles, puzzles, and poems have been published
in several magazines, including Children's Digest, The Friend,
The Lefthander Magazine, Teacher's Slate, and Family Journal.
She has also co-authored a book for teachers, Multiple Intelligences
and Positive Life Habits, published by Sage Publications.
Anola lives in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband Pete and their
two cats, Priscilla and Mitch. A former teacher, she is now a school
librarian at St. Francis Xavier School. It's a perfect job for her
because she can combine her love of children and books. She likes
to swim, hike, garden, travel—especially to the beach—listen
to music, and dance. She takes time every day for reading and writing
and tries to give everyone she meets a smile.
Roxane B. Salonen
has written professionally since graduating from college in Minnesota
in 1991, most often as a newspaper reporter and freelance writer.
Her work has received national exposure through articles published
in Fit Pregnancy and New Beginnings magazines.
She also has written for The Federal Way News and The
Shelton Journal of Western Washington; The Area Woman,
an award-winning magazine featuring area business people; and several
other local publications. She spent her early years as the daughter
of elementary teachers on the Ft. Peck Indian Reservation in Poplar,
Montana, and derives inspiration for characters from that experience,
as well as from observing and interacting with her three young children.
Roxane and her husband, Troy, reside in Fargo, North Dakota, with
their kids and two cats.
Laura Schulak
Laura Schulak graduated from Northwestern University in spring 2001
with degrees in journalism and economics. Her previous experience
includes her work as a reporter for the Naples Daily News
in Florida and her work for a Chicago-based public relations firm.
She is currently earning her masters degree in elementary education
at Northwestern University.
Laura lives in Chicago and loves animals. The family pets, Sundance,
a golden retriever, and Cuckoo, a calico cat, live with her parents
in Cleveland, Ohio.
Rebecca Johns Trissler
Currently working toward her MFA in creative writing at the Iowa
Writer’s Workshop, Rebecca Johns Trissler has worked on the
editorial staff of LIFE, Highlights for Children and Woman's Day
magazines, and her writing has appeared in American Baby, Bride's,
Cosmopolitan, the Chicago Tribune, Fitness, Glamour, Ladies' Home
Journal, Mademoiselle, Parenting, Parents, Seventeen and Woman's
Day.
She lives in Iowa City with her husband, Brandon, two cats, and
a perpetually unfinished novel.
Storydog® Illustrators
Cindy Beauvais
Since receiving a Bachelor in Fine Arts from The University of Florida,
Cindy Beauvais has been working as an artist-of-many-sorts in the
Chicago area for the past 19 years. She has worked primarily in
the Advertising/Marketing world, and also enjoys painting murals
in Childrens rooms, as well as old, beat-up furniture. Cindy spends
her spare time cooking, antiqueing, and spending time with her family,
especially her husband Michael, and their Pomeranian, whom they
respectfully refer to as "Mr. Fuzzy."
Ginger Kubic
Ginger studied Fine Arts at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
She
lives here in Chicago with her boyfriend Brent and Hodgepodge -
their black
and white kitty. Ginger has illustrated at a variety of places -
from doing
caricature drawings at Great America to more commercial work at
several
advertising/sales promotion firms in Chicago such as Flair
Communications
Agency. Ginger enjoys what she does. She enjoys meeting new people,
and
she's having a blast working for Storydog.com!
Maria Tubay
Maria is a creative person, right down to the bone. Her natural
talents in art and design have been perfected over the last 15 years
in the advertising and promotion arena as a Creative Director. She
has always enjoyed her work with family-oriented accounts such as
J.M. Smucker, Dole, the Kellogg Company, Coca-Cola and M&M Mars
to name a few. Maria was raised in a family of six children, and
now has 12 nieces and nephews, so she’s certainly no stranger
to children’s storytelling. Maria really believes in the importance
of reading to children. Her vision is that with a new adventure
every day, Storydog® will inspire more family interaction with this
fun-loving, adventurous little character named Vinny! Maria founded
Storydog® , Inc. in October 1999.
Storydog® Web Developers
Studio One East
Studio One East is a place where creative ideas take shape. While
digital retouching is its specialty, it's multi-talented programmers
and designers can provide all types of interactive media, from web
design to multi-media presentations. In addition the staff works
on projects ranging from package design and illustration, to point-of-sale
and direct mail production.
Studio prides itself on being a close-knit family of hard-working,
friendly people who are always anxious to take on new creative challenges
and share their own stories.
If you’d like to challenge them, please contact any of the
following account representatives at 312.664.6730:
Bill Willson
Mark Sabbe
Theresa Pasquarella
Piotr Buczynski
Studio One East . One East Wacker drive. Suite 300. Chicago, IL.
60601
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