![]() ![]() They're like two circles overlapping," he says. His books are written with child and adult audiences in mind. He says most children's authors need the extra cash from speaking engagements, mostly at schools, to make ends meet. His royalties, typically $1.50 on a $15 book, are supplemented by up to 60 speaking dates a year. So I needed to make a living on two legs."Įven with two legs and the Caldecott, Wisniewski says, it's hard to grow wealthy as a self-employed children's author. "Now you could be arch, wry, absurdist," says Wisniewski, "and you could even make fun of storytelling conventions. But after Golem, Wisniewski realized he was "making a living on one leg," writing and illustrating serious books for institutional sales, mainly to schools and public libraries.īy the late 1990s, many children's authors and illustrators were turning out trade books - the kind sold at airports. ![]()
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