Erin McGuire
@erinmcguire.bsky.social
Illustrator • Author • Teacher • Art Director
The Spy in the Museum -> Available for preorder!
http://erinmcguire.com
Clients- Disney, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Penguin Random House
Agent- Lindsay Auld, Writers House
The Spy in the Museum -> Available for preorder!
http://erinmcguire.com
Clients- Disney, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Penguin Random House
Agent- Lindsay Auld, Writers House
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Erin McGuire
@erinmcguire.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Thrilled to announce my author/illustrator debut:
The Spy in the Museum
Available for preorder, in stores Sept 16th, 2025.
This picture book biography tells the true story of Rose Valland, a museum curator-turned-spy who saved thousands of works of art during World War II.
More at emcguire.net
The Spy in the Museum
Available for preorder, in stores Sept 16th, 2025.
This picture book biography tells the true story of Rose Valland, a museum curator-turned-spy who saved thousands of works of art during World War II.
More at emcguire.net
I wrote a big post about my night at The Original Art Show, (including how to spot an editor versus an illustrator at a party)
erinmcguire.substack.com/p/going-to-t... #TheOA2025
erinmcguire.substack.com/p/going-to-t... #TheOA2025
Going to The Original Art Show
In which Erin goes to the big city
erinmcguire.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I wrote a big post about my night at The Original Art Show, (including how to spot an editor versus an illustrator at a party)
erinmcguire.substack.com/p/going-to-t... #TheOA2025
erinmcguire.substack.com/p/going-to-t... #TheOA2025
My kid complains about his pre-k class, but like, he's just eating snacks and doing yoga and taking naps. I'll switch with you dude
October 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My kid complains about his pre-k class, but like, he's just eating snacks and doing yoga and taking naps. I'll switch with you dude
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What could be more timely than these two inspiring books that tell the stories of women creating and saving art, bringing light to a dark world. @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social @erinmcguire.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/25/c...
Courageous women of World War II
The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis by Erin McGuire (Beach Lane Books, 40 pages, grades 2-5). Rose Valland loved art. As curator of Paris’s Jeu de Paume Museum, s…
kidsbookaday.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
What could be more timely than these two inspiring books that tell the stories of women creating and saving art, bringing light to a dark world. @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social @erinmcguire.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/25/c...
Looking through old screenshots, and Lol I forgot I had to do my labor/pregnancy classes online during the 2020 pandemic, this was not a helpful acronym you guys
October 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Looking through old screenshots, and Lol I forgot I had to do my labor/pregnancy classes online during the 2020 pandemic, this was not a helpful acronym you guys
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I did another one for spooky season, I am not painting trees ever again by the way
Oil painting on panel 18"x14"
Oil painting on panel 18"x14"
October 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I did another one for spooky season, I am not painting trees ever again by the way
Oil painting on panel 18"x14"
Oil painting on panel 18"x14"
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Just heard Drew Struzan passed away 😞 His incredible work has given me and countless others so much awe, joy and inspiration!
I had posters of his work as a teen, I began using color pencils because I thought he used them too. Always inspired by him. Just utterly heart broken.
RIP Drew Struzan.
I had posters of his work as a teen, I began using color pencils because I thought he used them too. Always inspired by him. Just utterly heart broken.
RIP Drew Struzan.
October 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just heard Drew Struzan passed away 😞 His incredible work has given me and countless others so much awe, joy and inspiration!
I had posters of his work as a teen, I began using color pencils because I thought he used them too. Always inspired by him. Just utterly heart broken.
RIP Drew Struzan.
I had posters of his work as a teen, I began using color pencils because I thought he used them too. Always inspired by him. Just utterly heart broken.
RIP Drew Struzan.
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Our first #newbooksday of October, part 2!
Celebrating children's and YA/teen reads! 🥳
#librarylife #literacy #read
@erinmcguire.bsky.social @emmykastner.bsky.social @jessiesima.bsky.social @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social @scottlava.bsky.social @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social
Celebrating children's and YA/teen reads! 🥳
#librarylife #literacy #read
@erinmcguire.bsky.social @emmykastner.bsky.social @jessiesima.bsky.social @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social @scottlava.bsky.social @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our first #newbooksday of October, part 2!
Celebrating children's and YA/teen reads! 🥳
#librarylife #literacy #read
@erinmcguire.bsky.social @emmykastner.bsky.social @jessiesima.bsky.social @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social @scottlava.bsky.social @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social
Celebrating children's and YA/teen reads! 🥳
#librarylife #literacy #read
@erinmcguire.bsky.social @emmykastner.bsky.social @jessiesima.bsky.social @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social @scottlava.bsky.social @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social
Thank you for the shout out!
What could be more timely than these two inspiring books that tell the stories of women creating and saving art, bringing light to a dark world. @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social @erinmcguire.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/25/c...
Courageous women of World War II
The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis by Erin McGuire (Beach Lane Books, 40 pages, grades 2-5). Rose Valland loved art. As curator of Paris’s Jeu de Paume Museum, s…
kidsbookaday.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Thank you for the shout out!
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Bloom of the Serpent is now live up on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social
#originalart #traditionalart #watercolor #gouache
#originalart #traditionalart #watercolor #gouache
August 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bloom of the Serpent is now live up on @everydayoriginal.bsky.social
#originalart #traditionalart #watercolor #gouache
#originalart #traditionalart #watercolor #gouache
What's up #internationalcatday! A new piece, part of a WWII middle grade I'm working on. My cat Loki was a reluctant model 😬
August 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What's up #internationalcatday! A new piece, part of a WWII middle grade I'm working on. My cat Loki was a reluctant model 😬
"We need to be the party of human dignity" like can that be the whole rallying cry? Please?
“That child deserves our support,” @governorwalz.mn.gov continued. “Don’t worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the party of human dignity.”
Gov. Walz: “I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected.” www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz...
June 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
"We need to be the party of human dignity" like can that be the whole rallying cry? Please?
*sung to the tune of Smashing Pumpkins the world is a vampire*
🎵 My house is a junk drawer 🎵
🎵 My house is a junk drawer 🎵
June 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
*sung to the tune of Smashing Pumpkins the world is a vampire*
🎵 My house is a junk drawer 🎵
🎵 My house is a junk drawer 🎵
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I just got a project killed. You think it won’t happen to “established” artists? Wrong. It does.
Am I bummed? Sure. But I know it’s not personal, they needed something different.
I vent here a bit to feel better. You may have a similar experiences too. it’s ok, we keep creating. Moving forward.💖
Am I bummed? Sure. But I know it’s not personal, they needed something different.
I vent here a bit to feel better. You may have a similar experiences too. it’s ok, we keep creating. Moving forward.💖
April 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I just got a project killed. You think it won’t happen to “established” artists? Wrong. It does.
Am I bummed? Sure. But I know it’s not personal, they needed something different.
I vent here a bit to feel better. You may have a similar experiences too. it’s ok, we keep creating. Moving forward.💖
Am I bummed? Sure. But I know it’s not personal, they needed something different.
I vent here a bit to feel better. You may have a similar experiences too. it’s ok, we keep creating. Moving forward.💖
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This meeting could have been a walk in the sunshine
April 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This meeting could have been a walk in the sunshine
I wish artists got to do more brand partnerships that had nothing to do with art. Like, can Claritin and LaCroix sponsor me?
April 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I wish artists got to do more brand partnerships that had nothing to do with art. Like, can Claritin and LaCroix sponsor me?
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Just saw the saddest ad for Meta AI where a woman asks AI how to decorate her house for her Moby Dick book club meet up, asks AI for puns to name the snacks, asks AI to summarize Moby Dick so she doesn’t have to read it, and then asks AI for discussion prompts to talk about the book. Extremely grim.
April 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Just saw the saddest ad for Meta AI where a woman asks AI how to decorate her house for her Moby Dick book club meet up, asks AI for puns to name the snacks, asks AI to summarize Moby Dick so she doesn’t have to read it, and then asks AI for discussion prompts to talk about the book. Extremely grim.
It sucks to *wake up* tired. like, excuse me, I paid that bill
March 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It sucks to *wake up* tired. like, excuse me, I paid that bill
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imagine not understanding that Ghibli's cozy food and windswept vistas are intended to contrast the struggle against the horrors, and the difficult but necessary work and pain of fighting for a slice of peace
the point is that the comforts are worth fighting for, but make no mistake: it's a fight
the point is that the comforts are worth fighting for, but make no mistake: it's a fight
March 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
imagine not understanding that Ghibli's cozy food and windswept vistas are intended to contrast the struggle against the horrors, and the difficult but necessary work and pain of fighting for a slice of peace
the point is that the comforts are worth fighting for, but make no mistake: it's a fight
the point is that the comforts are worth fighting for, but make no mistake: it's a fight
Happy PTA trailer day to all who celebrate 🤗
March 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Happy PTA trailer day to all who celebrate 🤗
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Hearing there might be another wave of newcomers?
Welcome! 💙❤️
For any illustrators and/or designers Here’s my starter pack of hiring art/design/creative directors.✨
go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX
Welcome! 💙❤️
For any illustrators and/or designers Here’s my starter pack of hiring art/design/creative directors.✨
go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX
March 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Hearing there might be another wave of newcomers?
Welcome! 💙❤️
For any illustrators and/or designers Here’s my starter pack of hiring art/design/creative directors.✨
go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX
Welcome! 💙❤️
For any illustrators and/or designers Here’s my starter pack of hiring art/design/creative directors.✨
go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX
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I hate when I send an email to someone and check it off my to do list and then they write me back???? No, I DID it. Don’t you see.
March 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I hate when I send an email to someone and check it off my to do list and then they write me back???? No, I DID it. Don’t you see.
The woman sitting next to me on my flight looked me dead in the eyes, said “I DON’T FLY WELL” and pulled out her rosary, in case you’re wondering how my morning is going
March 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The woman sitting next to me on my flight looked me dead in the eyes, said “I DON’T FLY WELL” and pulled out her rosary, in case you’re wondering how my morning is going
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Here is a handout I made for my kid’s class last week, when I went in to talk to them about making books. I Frankensteined together a bunch of art I already had to make it, and filled other stuff in. But it was a big hit, so I’m sharing it here in case you know any kids interested in making books!
March 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Here is a handout I made for my kid’s class last week, when I went in to talk to them about making books. I Frankensteined together a bunch of art I already had to make it, and filled other stuff in. But it was a big hit, so I’m sharing it here in case you know any kids interested in making books!
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New Adobe Photoshop survey is up, it sure would be a shame if it was flooded with artists leaving anti AI sentiment survey.adobe.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
New Adobe Photoshop survey is up, it sure would be a shame if it was flooded with artists leaving anti AI sentiment survey.adobe.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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The #PBRisingStars Mentee apps are OPEN!
Calling all illustrators, unagented OR agented without agent-repped PB deals, these are the Mentors you can apply to!
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator #amquerying #pbparty
Calling all illustrators, unagented OR agented without agent-repped PB deals, these are the Mentors you can apply to!
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator #amquerying #pbparty
March 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The #PBRisingStars Mentee apps are OPEN!
Calling all illustrators, unagented OR agented without agent-repped PB deals, these are the Mentors you can apply to!
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator #amquerying #pbparty
Calling all illustrators, unagented OR agented without agent-repped PB deals, these are the Mentors you can apply to!
www.pbrisingstars.com/mentors
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrator #amquerying #pbparty