Pj McIlvaine

PJ McIlvaine is a prolific author/screenwriter/journalist. PJ's new picture book NO SUCH THINGS AS DRAGONS (Roan & Weatherford) with illustrations by K.M. Brown is a zany romp about a new student who turns everyone's expectations upside down about friendship and new beginnings. PJ is also the author of A GOOD MAN, a gritty adult contemporary psych crime thriller from Bloodhound Books (August 2023) and THE CURIOUS CONUNDRUM OF CHARLEMAGNE CROSSE, a young adult alternate history adventure set in Victorian London from Orange Blossom Books (September 2023). PJ's debut middle-grade supernatural historical mystery adventure VIOLET YORKE, GILDED GIRL: GHOSTS IN THE CLOSET (Darkstroke Books, April 2022) is about a poor little rich girl in NYC 1912 who sees ghosts. PJ’s debut picture book LITTLE LENA AND THE BIG TABLE (June 2019, Big Belly Book Co.), with illustrations by Leila Nabih, is about a determined little girl tired of eating with her annoying cousins at the kid’s table, only to discover that the big table isn’t much better. PJ is also a co-host and founding member of #PBPitch, the premiere Twitter pitch party for picture book creators. PJ has been published in numerous outlets including The New York Times, Newsday, Crime Reads, The Children’s Book Insider newsletter. PJ lives on Eastern Long Island with her family and fur baby Luna.