Emily Rosenthal (she/her) is an illustrator and writer based in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally from New York, she graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2019 with a BFA in Illustration and Humanistic Studies. Since, she has created picture books and comics, taught art classes for kids, worked at a non-profit, and read a whole lot of books.
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She loves mixing the magical with the mundane. Her goal is to ground even the most outlandish idea in heart. Monsters, Jewish folklore, disability justice, LGBTQ+ liberation, and metaphors are just some of the places she finds inspiration.
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Her debut picture book LEROY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY (illustrated by Thai My Phuong) will be published by Bloomsbury in 2026.
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She can be contacted at: ekrosenthalart@gmail.com and is represented by Alexandra Weiss at Azantian Literary Agency.
She can be found on Instagram here.
