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Siri Weber Feeney, Children's Writer/Illustrator
When she was young, Siri was warned she’d ruin her eyes with past-bedtime sneak-reading under the covers. That’s been scientifically disproved, but not specifically for reading one word at a time by the glow-in-the-dark eye of an owl puppet, so maybe that is the reason for those glasses.

When Siri was old enough to write, she penciled stories inspired by late-night owl light. She kept at it, but really started to improve in 1992, after sending two abysmally clueless picture book manuscripts in a fan letter to Jane Yolen (who kindly recommended she join the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators).

Ever since, Siri's been learning, reading, writing, illustrating and critiquing during her own time. However, like anyone with a freelance career in children's illustration and graphic design, she was mostly busy with other's projects.

It was a great excuse to not submit her own work.
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Until now.

Siri's semi-retired, so if you see her and she's not busy snarfling up that extra time to write, revise, sketch, paint, research—and query—you're perfectly within your rights to roll your eyes and give her a nudge.

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SCBWI PAL Member
Past SCBWI CenCal Board Member
and Event Co-Creator


Represented for Children's Illustration
 
by the wonderful ​Ann Remen-Willis 
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for 23 years (Retired)


SCBWI Workshops and Events

ArtBeats 2010
CenCal SCBWI  illustrators' event featuring Martha Rago (HarperCollins Children's) and Dave Tabler (formerly of TheiSpot.com). Creator Carol Heyer, I assisted, along with Kathryn Hunley.

ArtWorks 2007
CenCal SCBWI illustrators' event featuring Marika Kostiw (Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine Books) and Valerie Adams (Mosaic Licensing). Co-created with Carol Heyer.

"Siri and Carol Heyer co-created a new and highly successful SCBWI event called ArtWorks: The Business of Illustrating for Children — for beginners eager to break into the business, as well as for published illustrators hoping to extend their reach into fresh arenas."
~Alexis O'Neill, SCBWI Regional Advisor
Carol Heyer and Siri Feeney
Trading Spaces:
What Writers and Illustrators Can Teach Each Other

2005 CenCal SCBWI workshop featuring artist's tips for creating more marketable manuscripts and how to think like a writer for illustration with depth and greater meaning. Co-created with Carol Heyer.


Awards, Education, Etc.

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#KT250 Winner, Honorable Mention
SCBWI Kite Tales, Tri-Regions (L.A., CenCal, SoCal) of Southern California

First 250 words, Tween/Young YA
July 2018


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eBook Cover Design Award — Fiction
TheBookDesigner.com
Fatty in the Back Seat
by Deborah M. Prum
November 2013

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eBook Cover Design Award — Fiction
TheBookDesigner.com
Synapse by D. August Baertlein
December 2011


People's Choice Winner
2008 SCBWI Los Angeles Illustrator's Day
Portfolio Competition

©SiriWeberFeeney 2008
Spotlight Presenter
2008 SCBWI Ventura/Santa Barbara Writers' Day
How I Got Published
While I Was Busy Worrying
(Big Chicken talk)


Highlights Illustrator of the Month
Pewter Plate Award

Highlights Magazine

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Production Award
Haagen Printing, Santa Barbara

for custom-die-cut
full color bleed pocket folder 
with bound-in matching pages
for Staal Gardener & Dunne, Consulting Engineers and Geologists 

University of Connecticut
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
Northeast Children's Literature Collection

Red Riding Hood illustration

BFA Graphic Design: University of Connecticut
Independent Studies: Illustration, Pastels
Juried Member: Design Center
 
Writing
Magazines
Ladybug 

Publishers
Scholastic Professional Books

Illustration Clients
Agencies
Aptara
Bill Smith Studio
Dinardo Design
FDG Creative
GGS Design (formerly Design 5 Creative)
JDI Apollo
Mazer
Morgan-Cain
​Quarasan!

Magazines
Boston Magazine
Cricket
Highlights for Children
Highlights High Five
Ladybug
Southern Living
Ventura Life & Style

Publishers
Trade Non-Fiction
Picture Window Books
Red Chair Press
Educational
Addison Wesley
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Benzinger
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Seeds of Science/Delta Education
Hampton-Brown Books
Harcourt School Publishers
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
PCI Educational Publishing
Pearson Education
Pro Lingua Associates
Reading/Learning A-Z
Rigby
Saxton
SRA/McGraw-Hill
Star Publishing
Steck-Vaughn
Techbooks
Teachers' Curriculum Institute (TCI)
Wright Group/McGraw-Hill
Zaner-Bloser, Inc.

Design/Website Clients
Adventures for Kids (books/toys/games)
Alexis O'Neill (author/past CenCal SCBWI RA)
Anacapa Bread (bakery/restaurant/catering)
Ann Remen-Willis (illustrators' representative)
Bogo Books (charity)
Boston Children's Hospital (illustration, too)
​Boston Magazine
California Women's Amateur Championships (CWAC, non-profit golf org) for 13 years
Carol Heyer (author-illustrator)
Carol Tanzman (author)
Children's Authors Network! (CAN! author/illustrator group)
Christine D. Johnson (fine artist)
Court Appointed Special Advocate Association (CASA, children’s advocates)
D. August Baertlein (author)
Dark Tuesday (pop-up restaurateurs)
Dale Seymour Publications

Dearinger Graphics (mid-size commercial printer) 
Deborah M. Prum (author/NPR essayist)
Doug Roy (illustrator/paper carver)
EEC International, Korea (educational publisher)
Elizabeth Grady Skin Care Salons/Boston
Ena Dubnoff (woodturner/architect)
Entré Computer Services

Gaby Hahn (fine artist, philanthropist)
Gina Niebergall (fine artist)
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill​ (reading textbooks)
Good Cup (coffee shop)
Gwen Dandridge (author)
Hampton-Brown Books (K-12 educational publisher)
Jean Ann Williams (author/blogger)
Jewelia (charity)
John Sheibe (author/reporter)
Karlene K. Ryan (author)
Katherine Zwers (author)
Las Margaritas (charity)
Len Ebert (illustrator)
Los Olivos (property management)
Lincoln Elementary School, also PTA
Lynn Becker (author-illustrator)
Maggie Kendis (fine artist)
Mary Ann Fraser (author-illustrator)
Metrographics (design agency)
Michelle Markel (author)
Online Store (computer sales)
Pacific Grove Public Library
Pueblo Water Resources (engineers and geologists)
Reading Recycled (charity)
Renate Lohmann (illustrator)
Society of Children's Book Writers & illustrators (SCBWI/CenCal chapter)

Staal, Gardner & Dunne (SGD, engineers and geologists)
Susan Jaekel (illustrator)
Susan Seaberry (fine artist)
Ventura County Bar Association
Ventura County Reporter (weekly paper)
​Ventura Optical Industries (high-grade industrial optics)
Women's Golf Association (WGA)
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