Award-winning Children's Author & Illustrator Don Tate Visits Greenville
Overnight success does not always happen overnight. In fact, for Don Tate, overnight success took thirty-plus years to attain. This self-described “Longest-coming up-and-
Author-Illustrator Don Tate (www.dontate.com); Represented by CarynWiseman, Andrea Brown Literary Agency. (Photo by Sam Bond Photography)
comer” will share his journey from reluctant grade-school reader to published illustrator, and then on to becoming an award-winning children’s book author.
In his presentation on Saturday, March 25, at the Sheppard Memorial Library, Tate will discuss lessons learned, myths vs. reality, and offer practical advice for both aspiring and published authors and illustrators. Don will read and share a few pages from his forthcoming picture book Strong as Sandow: How Eugene Sandow Became the Strongest Man on Earth and highlight his research process.
Mr. Tate is the founding host of The Brown Bookshelf – a blog dedicated to books for African-American young readers, and is the author of award-winning books It Jes’ Happened: When Bill Traylor Started to Draw (2012) and Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton (2015).
Mr. Tate’s books will be available for purchase and he will autograph them following his presentation.
This event is free and open to the public. For additional information, contact Dan Zuberbier (252-328-0406).
-by Dan Zuberbier, Joyner Library’s Teaching Resources Center