she/her I write & illustrate picture books! Rep’d by Ariana Philips at JVNLA #PBParty #SCBWI #12x12 #StorytellerAcademy
Bellevue, WA
Joined July 2008
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day!
I am a children's book author/illustrator currently looking for projects and working on my own! Find me and my happy, colorful work here:
Jessburbank.com
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I’m so thrilled that my debut picture book, MOSS, is @PublishersWkly official!
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Happy Book Birthday to PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN by @JStremer illus by Gordy Wright @HolidayHouseBks This was a 2022 @#50PreciousWords Honorable Mention & now it's a book!!! Read all about how Jessica did it in the post: viviankirkfield.com/2025/04/…
What nice news to wake up to today! Congrats to all the wonderful entry winners and HMs, and thank you, thank you, judges and prize-givers!
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Last chance to check out the 2025 #PBParty Showcase!
Agents, editors & ADs browse the 55 finalists & Illustration Showcase & request in the comments.
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Here's a sneak peek at the 10 author/illustrator finalists!
#agents #editors #kidlit
Ahhhhh! I’m soooo excited to be a 2025 #PBParty finalist! What an incredible honor. 💚💚💚
Thank you PBParty Dream Team: @MindyAlyseWeiss @SylviaiChen @BrittanyPomales @StaceyByer #MariettaApollonio, #AixaPerez-Prado, #JennaWaldman, #TeresaRodrigues
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This winter, @LTPmag is posting illustrations to spark ideas for writers. Spending time with this beauty by @jburbank has made this January evening feel a little less cold and dark for me.
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Thanks for featuring my illustration today on your blog, @LTPmag ! I’m excited to submit art for your next issue and I bet many fellow illustrators would be interested, too! (Hint hint).
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I lucked into a signed copy of Piano Wants to Play by @KongSavage at Books of Wonder bookstore in NYC and gave it to my Mom, a piano teacher of forty years, for her birthday. She read it out loud and we both cried. Picture books are for everyone! ❤️
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My husband worked hard on this update! Happy Anniversary, HL2!
Half-Life 2 turns 20 this weekend, and we're celebrating with a big update: New developer commentary by the original team, Steam Workshop support integrated into the game, Episodes One and Two are bundled into the main menu, and tons more: half-life.com/en/halflife2/2…
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A few podcast episode suggestions:
1. We Can Do Hard Things post-election discussion
2. Working It Out with Lin-Manuel Miranda (I’m going to listen again and take notes)
3. Oh, and if you watch Bravo shows and don’t listen to Danny Pellegrino, you’re missing out!! 😂
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Why does anyone have to spend seven hours in a line to vote? And on a day that’s not a national holiday? What century are we living in?! Why oh why are we ok with making this so hard? (I mean, I know why…but WHYYY?) 😩
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Really good advice from Kevin Garnett on the show Starting Five about what to do after something happens to stall your momentum: “It’s important to always stay humble. It’s always important to stay confident. And it’s always important to stay on your craft.”
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Does everyone wake up each morning with a song on loop in their head, or is this a me thing? Every. Single. Morning. Today, is NSYNC’s “It’s Gonna Be Me.” Help! 🤣
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My husband just heard someone on my writing workshop talk about getting a Kirkus review and said he pictured Kirkus as one person who looks like Will Ferrell in Zoolander and if Kirkus likes your book, you’ve made it. 🤣
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I loved volunteering at Bigfoot Kids’ Book Festival today, and I can’t wait for the day that I’m signing my own books at that festival. Let’s say…2027 lineup?! #manifesting #kidlit
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Happy Book Birthday, @NellBeckerman and Kalen Chock! I lava this book!!! 🌋
This was 100% proven out to me when someone took the time to say they believed in my work and gave me the hugest boost when I was feeling very low. I plan to pay this forward asap.
Most of the creatives I know don't need more talent. They don't need more hustle, or more passion. They need more opportunity, more luck, more big breaks. They need someone more to believe in them.
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