Talitha Shipman

Talitha Shipman is an award-winning picture book author and illustrator from Indiana. Her favorite subjects to paint are wild kids and wild animals. Nature inspires Talitha’s painting, and she hopes her work encourages curiosity and creativity in children of all ages. Talitha's books include the Sidney Taylor Honor recipient, "Everybody Says Shalom" by Leslie Kimmelman (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2015), an American Farm Bureau Recommended Read, "Applesauce Day" by Lisa Amstutz, (Albert Whitman, 2017), and the 2019 IPPY Silver Medalist, "First Snow" by Nancy Viau (Albert Whitman, 2018). Her first author-illustrator picture book "Finding Beauty" was released in the spring of 2021. Talitha lives in Fort Wayne, Indiana with her husband, her wild child, and a furry blur of a dog named Indy.