Interview with Illustrator/Author Raissa Figueroa!

Hello!In this episode we’re interviewing Raissa FigueroaRaissa Figueroa is a self-taught artist of both digital and traditional media repped by Natascha Morris of Tobias Literary. She has illustrated nearly 30 books for publishing houses such as Viking Books for Young Readers, Harper Collins, Little Simon, and more. Her book series Oona not only earned out, but earned a glowing review from Kirkus and a starred review from the School Library Journal. She is a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner, and her work has twice been displayed at the Society of Illustrators show in New York. She loves hiking Southern California’s trails, boba, and hanging with her cat, Phoebe.Where to find Raissa:Website: https://rizzyfig.com/Order Raissa’s books here! https://rizzyfig.com/booksSocials:https://www.tiktok.com/@raissafigueroahttps://www.instagram.com/rizzyfig/https://rizzyfig.substack.com/Here are some of the authors, artists, and other things we brought up during the episode. Just a disclaimer - please do not take our word as fact. The publishing industry is always changing, and often we are talking about things we are remembering from a while ago or have heard from others. While the agent deep dive is always fact checked, we do not prep for these episodes or look up other information beforehand. It’s always important to do your own research! If we realize after the fact that we have gotten anything wrong, we will do our best to correct it in the show notes.Raissa’s recs:Marco Bucci 10 min to better painting videos: https://tinyurl.com/4zbvfj6aIraville (watercolorist): https://www.instagram.com/iraville/SVS learn: https://www.svslearn.com/Books:Framed Ink: https://tinyurl.com/yhje4m2xPicture This: https://tinyurl.com/ptk9u5p3