Nibbie winner Buckley on boosting Simon & Schuster’s picture book roster

Jane Buckley, who won the inaugural Designer of the Year prize at the recent British Book Awards, discusses her recent promotion and the art of pairing writers and illustrators together. I speak to Jane Buckley just after what must have been a pretty good couple of days for her. On 13th May, at the virtual British Book Awards, she won the first-ever Nibbie for Designer of the Year. Twenty-four hours later Simon & Schuster Children’s Books—where she has worked since 2008—announced it had promoted her to senior art director of picture books. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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