Shelley Gilbert

Shelley Gilbert, Author and Artist, award-winning, well-reviewed publishes original fiction and nonfiction books for adults, young adults and children. "LAND OF SOOJ, Six Seahorse Stories," 2011. Fiction book for children ages 7-17. "Charming children's book. The stories are beautifully written and morally relevant." Little, Brown and Company "ISLANDS" series (4) of crossover coloring/poem books for Adults, Teens and Kids. They contain 30 hand-drawn drawings, 30 poems. "...refreshing new idea,...See more

Shelley Gilbert, Author and Artist, award-winning, well-reviewed publishes original fiction and nonfiction books for adults, young adults and children. "LAND OF SOOJ, Six Seahorse Stories," 2011. Fiction book for children ages 7-17. "Charming children's book. The stories are beautifully written and morally relevant." Little, Brown and Company "ISLANDS" series (4) of crossover coloring/poem books for Adults, Teens and Kids. They contain 30 hand-drawn drawings, 30 poems. "...refreshing new idea, novel idea, highly creative, fun." Richard Clatworthy, Trade Books Mgr, Leavey Ctr Bookstore, Georgetown Univ., Wash. DC 1. "ISLANDS, A COLORING BOOK FOR ADULTS," 2001. Sold in Katonah (NY) Museum of Art Gift Shop 2. "ISLANDS, A COLORING BOOK FOR TEENS AND KIDS," 2010 3. "ISLANDS, A COLORING BOOK FOR ADULTS, VOLUME 2," 2011 4. "ISLANDS, A COLORING BOOK FOR ADULTS, 2nd EDITION," 2011 "SWIMMING NAKED WITH JELLYFISH," 2008, award-winning debut novel won international 2009 Eric Hoffer Award-Montaigne Medal Finalist Award for Thought Provoking Books and Excellence in Independent Publishing. She is currently pitching the book to film industry principals to make a movie, and she is writing the sequel. "...wonderfully vivid...straightforward... compelling... witty...page turner." Little, Brown and Company "...wonderful writer...brave, intelligent...even dazzling." Benjamin Cheever "The best piece of writing on orgasm I have ever in my life read. It's hard to write a great sex scene. It was raw, quirky, individual, original, impossible to forget, and contains the best description of the experience of having an orgasm." Susan Grossman, Editor. A visual artist, her collage is award-winning and her tape paintings showed in Madison Avenue art galleries. Past lives: taxi driver, secretary, sign engraver, jewelry maker, gift shop owner/operator. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she graduated from SUNY/Empire State College, NY and The Publishing Institute, Univ. of Denver. She lives in New York with her husband Hank Teller. See less