Tammy Yee, author/illustrator

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GENERAL

Published author/illustrator of more than two dozen children's books, fiction and nonfiction, with experience in commercial murals for digital reproduction, web development and web design.

SPECIALTIES

Children, animals, wildlife, conservation, multicultural, humor, science.

STYLE / MEDIUM

Watercolor, watersoluble pencils, colored pencils, digital illustration, acrylics.

EDUCATION

University of Hawaii at Manoa
Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Registered Pediatric Nurse

CLIENTS

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Bess Press
ERDHI Publishing
Island Heritage Publishing
Mutual Publishing
Sleeping Bear Press

MISCELLANEOUS

Hawaii Judiciary Children's Advocacy Center
Forensic assessment tools
Kapiolani Medical Center
Educational material

COMMERCIAL MURALS & DESIGN

Kober Hanssen Mitchell Architects
Architecture & Planning industry
Mural for Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center
Philpott's & Associates, Inc.
Architecture & Planning industry
Murals for Kapiolani Medical Center renovations; Disney Aulani travel map

CONSERVATION

Baiji.org
Irrawaddy River Dolphin art for fundraising
NOAA (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
Official poster for the Hawaiian Monk Seal Recovery Program
Trust for Public Land
Educational material promoting Puget Sound conservation

PRESENTER / PANELIST AT THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCES:

2010, 2006 & 2005 SCBWI-Hawaii (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) Conferences
2008 Children's Literature Hawaii Conference
2007 Honolulu Writer's Conference
2005 Read to Me Conference, Honolulu Hawaii
2000 Hawaii Island Writers Conference

HONORS AND AWARDS

"The Tsunami Quilt" ~ Storytelling World Award (2008 Honor Award, Pre-Adolescent Listeners category) and one of The Bank Street College of Education's "Best Books of the Year" for 2007
"A is for Aloha" ~ Selected by the Hawaii Center for the Book to represent Hawaii at the 2006 National Book Festival
"Lullaby Moon" ~ Ka Palapala Po'okela Award (2003, Excellence in Children's Books)
Juror's Award, 2003 Healthcare Professionals Exhibit