Jacqueline Harvey worked in schools for many years but has had a passion for storytelling since she was a child. She is the author of the popular ‘Alice-Miranda, Clementine Rose, Kensy and Max and Willa and Woof’ series, which have sold almost two million copies in Australia alone. Jacqueline has also released picture books such as ‘That Cat, Gloria the Great and Kevin the Sheep’, illustrated by one of her former students, Kate Isobel Scott. Jacqueline lives between Sydney, Australia, and Queenstown, New Zealand, and is currently working on several picture book projects and an exciting new middle-grade story.
In the 152nd episode of The HYBRID Author Podcast host Joanne (Zara Ellen) Morrell, author of young adult fiction, women’s fiction and short-nonfiction for authors chats to Jacqueline about:
- creating characters and stories that resonate so deeply with young audiences
- setting books apart in such a competitive market
- generative A.I
- key elements children’s authors should focus on building a sustainable career
- how important balancing creativity with understanding market trends is
- advantages and challenges of working with a tradtional publisher as opposed to exploring hybrid or self-publishing routes, especially for children’s literature and much more.