Barbara Seuling

BARBARA SEULING was the author and illustrator of more than sixty books for children, including the Oh No, It’s Robert! chapter book series and the Freaky Facts nonfiction series. Her adult title How to Write a Children’s Book and Get It Published, first published in 1984, was considered a key resource for aspiring authors.

Seuling served on the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators' Board of Advisors. She worked as a children’s book editor at Delacorte Press, Yearling Books, and J. B. Lippincott & Co. before turning to writing and illustrating full time.

When not writing, Seuling taught at Bank Street College of Education and founded The Manuscript Workshop in Vermont, serving as its director for twenty-one years. Her work spanned both fiction and nonfiction for young readers and aspiring authors alike.

Barbara Seuling was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 22, 1937, and died on September 12, 2016, at age 79.

Barbara Seuling’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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