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Amy O'Hanlon is from San Ramon, California, and is the only illustrator in a family of musicians. She began studying art at Humboldt State before running away to England for a Masters program at Kingston School of Art. After graduating with honors, Amy had the opportunity to do stage projection design for Bay Area musicals, and has worked as a freelance illustrator for several years. These days, she also moonlights as a bookseller at Bookbug & this is a bookstore in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Amy is inspired by the fantasy in everyday life, and loves nothing more than drawing all the magical things that can only be seen in the corner of her eye. She is represented by Natalie Lakosil of Looking Glass Literary & Media |
Yay! Moments
2021 Traverse City Unity Mural Project - selected by the Traverse City Arts Commission
2019 SCBWI NorCal Spring Spirit Portfolio Showcase - 1st place
2019 Writing with the Stars - Mentorship with Adam Lehrhaupt
2018 TBA Awards Creative Specialties - Nominated for Beautiful Oops! The Musical with Kevin Landesman
2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Award (Book with song) - Gold for On the Luck of an Irish Sailor by Mike Mirabella
2019 SCBWI NorCal Spring Spirit Portfolio Showcase - 1st place
2019 Writing with the Stars - Mentorship with Adam Lehrhaupt
2018 TBA Awards Creative Specialties - Nominated for Beautiful Oops! The Musical with Kevin Landesman
2018 Moonbeam Children's Book Award (Book with song) - Gold for On the Luck of an Irish Sailor by Mike Mirabella
Honorable Mentions
OUTFRONT - Pride & Joy: A Celebration of Intersectional Storytelling
THE MITTEN - Diversity Dialogue: In-Between
THEATRIUS - She Persisted, the Musical with BACT - review by Jordan Freed
THEATRIUS - Beautiful Oops, the Musical with BACT - review by Nicholas Leither
TALKING BROADWAY - Baker Street with 42nd Street Moon - review by Richard Connema
THEATRE EDDYS - Baker Street with 42nd Street Moon - review by Eddie Reynolds
HUFFPOST - Baker Street with 42nd Street Moon - article by George Heymont
THE MITTEN - Diversity Dialogue: In-Between
THEATRIUS - She Persisted, the Musical with BACT - review by Jordan Freed
THEATRIUS - Beautiful Oops, the Musical with BACT - review by Nicholas Leither
TALKING BROADWAY - Baker Street with 42nd Street Moon - review by Richard Connema
THEATRE EDDYS - Baker Street with 42nd Street Moon - review by Eddie Reynolds
HUFFPOST - Baker Street with 42nd Street Moon - article by George Heymont