About

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Alyssa Bermudez (she/her) is a born and bred New Yorker living down under in Tasmania, Australia! She studied illustration and animation at the Fashion Institute of Technology for Bachelors and Masters courses. Since 2015, Alyssa has also been the art director and creative designer at Keshet Design, where her love and interest in fashion and art shine through her work. Using watercolor and digital techniques, she brings a unique and vibrant quality to her illustrations. In her spare time, Alyssa loves to draw with ink. As an author, illustrator, and art teacher, her illustrations have graced the pages of over a dozen picture books, as well as fabrics and even the stage. In 2021, she debuted her middle-grade graphic novel, Big Apple Diaries, to readers worldwide. With a deep commitment to representing children from diverse backgrounds, Alyssa's work celebrates inclusivity and showcases her unique artistic style. She is obsessed with dogs, books, live sketching, travelling and keeping plants alive.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:

• Run Home, coming soon, written and illustrated by Alyssa Bermudez.

• Iveliz Explains It All, September 2022, written by Andrea Beatriz Arango, interior illustrations by Alyssa Bermudez

• Big Apple Diaries, August 2021, written and illustrated by Alyssa Bermudez.

• We Laugh Alike Juntos Nos Reimos, April 2021, written by Carmen T Bernier Grand illustrations by Alyssa Bermudez

• Art Direction and Fabric Design for Keshet 2016-2019, 2022-Present

• Art Teacher since 2011

• Artist for Inscape Tasmania since 2018

• You and Me and the Space Between, illustrator for Terrapin Theatre Tour of China 2019

• My Singing Nana, 2019, written by Pat Mora illustrations by Alyssa Bermudez

• Goodnight 70s, 2019, written by Peter Stein illustrations by Alyssa Bermudez

• Becoming Beatriz cover wrap art, 2019, written by Tami Charles

• Amelia Chamelia Series Books 1-4, written by Laura Sieveking illustrations by Alyssa Bermudez

• Lucia The Luchadora & The Million Masks, 2018, written by Cynthia Leonor Garza illustrations by Alyssa Bermudez

• Lucia The Luchadora, 2017, written by Cynthia Leonor Garza illustrations by Alyssa Bermudez

CLIENTS AND PUBLISHERS INCLUDE:

Roaring Brook Press, Random House USA, Curriculum Associates, Charlesbridge Publishing, Magination Press, Andrews McMeel, Penguin Random House Australia, POW! Kids, Highlights for Children Magazine, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pearson Publishing, McGraw Hill, Benchmark Education, The STUDIO NYC, New York Magazine, Dan Murphy’s, Hobart City Council, Mystate Bank, CSIRO Australia, Terrapin Theatre Company, Urban Smarts Project and more…

AWARDS/HONOURS

• Newbery Honor Award - Iveliz Explains it All

• Short Listed for The Comic Awards of Australia 2022!

• ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children 2021- Big Apple Diaries

• Junior Library Guild Selection- Big Apple Diaries

• Américas Award Commended Title - Lucía the Luchadora

• Amelia Bloomer Book List - Lucía the Luchadora

• NPR Best Books of the Year – Lucía the Luchadora

• Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books – Lucía the Luchadora

• Kirkus’s Best Picture Books to Give Readers Strength – Lucía the Luchadora

For more, check out my Events & Media page

I acknowledge the Muwinina people as the traditional owners of the stolen lands on which I am lucky to work. I pay my respects to their Elders past and present. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.