Jessixa Bagley

Jessixa Bagley is an award-winning children’s book author/illustrator. She is also a fine artist, comics creator, and teacher of writing and watercolor. Her book Boats for Papa won the SCBWI Golden Kite Award and the Washington State Book Award for Children’s Books. Her book Laundry Day received a 2018 Ezra Jack Keats Honor Award. Many of her picture books are Junior Library Guild Selections. Jessixa often illustrates for other artists and collaborates with her artist husband, Aaron Bagley. She lives in Seattle with her husband and son.