Podcast

336. Bea Jackson from Illustrating Fan Fiction to International Bestselling Artist

Brittany “Bea” Jackson illustrated the New York Times bestselling picture books, Parker Looks Up, about America’s First Lady, and LeBron James’s We Are Family, and her own Lilly’s Dream, which she both wrote and illustrated.

She is a former grand prize winner of the Illustrators of the Future Contest and was published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 24. She has been a judge since 2021.

We discuss how she developed her style as a self-taught artist, having begun as a fan fiction artist. We also discussed how she was discovered by a major publisher finding her through social pages.

Learn more at beagifted.com.