Melanie Hall is an illustrator and painter living just north of New York City in the Hudson River Valley.

She says, "The focus of my art is not just the outside appearance of people, animals, and places, but also a a perception of inner life, a depiction of the joy and mystery of existence."

Melanie has illustrated over 25 children's books and has received numerous awards including the Parents' Choice Award for an outstanding picture book and the Sydney Taylor Notable Book for 2011. Her work has been exhibited at the Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators in New York, and her books have been favorably reviewed by the New York Times Book Review.

Melanie is currently teaching children's book illustration to graduate students at Marywood University's MFA program in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She teaches creative workshops at the Highlights Foundation in Honesdale, Pennsylvania and Wing and Clover in Rhinebeck, New York.

CLIENT LIST

Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Jewish Holiday Series:

On Passover

On Rosh Hashanah
and Yom Kippur

On Hanukkah

On Purim

On Shabbat


HarperCollins Books for Young Readers

Highlights for Children

Jewish Lights Publishing

Hadassah Magazine


Kar-Ben Publishing


Quarasan Group



Sky and Telescope Magazine


Lerner Publishing


Houghton Mifflin


Scholastic


John Wiley and Sons


Boyd's Mills Press

RESUME

Educated at Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, B.A.; Marywood University, M.A. Illustrator and painter since 1978 with numerous clients in New York City, Boston, and across the nation.

A member of the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Melanie teaches graduate level courses in children's book illustration at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania.