About Me

My name is Anna Eleanor Jordan and I write and illustrate for children.

VERY SHORT BIO:

Anna E. Jordan (she/her) has an MFA from the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and was the recipient of the 2013 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery award. She teaches fifth grade, lives in the DC area with her cat Rothko, and is in search of the tastiest Knish. Connect with her on social media @annawritedraw.

SHORT BIO:

Anna E. Jordan (she/her) has an MFA from the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts and was the recipient of the 2013 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery award. Her debut middle-grade novel, SHIRA AND ESTHER’S DOUBLE DREAM DEBUT (Chronicle Books, 2023) centers Jewish joy. She is a member of SCBWI and the DC Children’s Book Guild. She teaches fifth grade, lives in the DC area with her cat Rothko, and is in search of the tastiest Knish. Connect with her on social media @annawritedraw.

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Anna E. Jordan (she/her) is the recipient of the 2013 PEN New England Susan P. Bloom Children’s Book Discovery award and has an MFA from the Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her debut middle-grade novel, SHIRA AND ESTHER’S DOUBLE DREAM DEBUT, launches in Fall 2023 from Chronicle Books. She is the author of THIS PUP STEPS UP! A DOG BOOK FOR KIDS (Rockridge Press, 2021) and her poems appear in the anthology THE PROPER WAY TO MEET A HEDGEHOG AND OTHER HOW TO POEMS (Candlewick, 2019). She is a member of SCBWI and the DC Children’s Book Guild. You can also find her work in national children’s magazines including Ladybug, Babybug, Highlights High Five. She lives in the DC area with her cat Rothko. Connect with her on social media @annawritedraw.

OTHER STUFF:

I have a cat named Rothko who loves boxes, baskets and bags. She walks on my keyboard and rests on my journal, and she’ll give you a high five in exchange for a treat. I adopted her from an animal rescue in Brooklyn, NY.

My book THIS PUP STEPS UP is dedicated to Lucy, a yellow Labrador. She died in 2020 but she gave us all love, play, and protection. Here she is resting after chasing her bunny.

  

I grew up in Washington, DC, spent over twenty years in Maine raising my children (they are grown-ups), and now I am back in the DC area.

I love to do school and adult programs about poetry, the picture book, creative writing, research, the children’s book industry, the importance of diverse books, and the creative process. 

I look forward to working with publishers to connect kids with great books through effective School Library Marketing. Connect with me on LinkedIn.

Enjoy the creative chaos:

Read my blog.
View my resume on LinkedIn.
Find links to my freelance writing in publications for adults.
Look at my program descriptions. View my illustration portfolio.
Ask me about my reader’s guides for children’s books.

…and much more.

Thanks so much for visiting.