Catch up with Cuddlefish Academy
What are our students up to (agents, book deals, and more)? What are our professors up to (cover reveals, tutorials, and awards)?
Our Students
Thanks to Cuddle Coaching options, we have mentored our students to great heights.
TWO students became agented in 2024!
One student got a multi-book deal from a Big Five publisher!
One student has a manuscript out on submission!
We are so proud of our hard-working Cuddlefish Students!
Our Professors
Stan Yan
Give
a warm welcome to Substack! The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang coming out in September 30th. and the cover has recently been revealed. Preorder it today.Lily Williams
made a goal this year to post on her YouTube once a month and so far she’s exceeded her expectations. Check out her first videos to get a sample of things you might learn from her at the Cuddlefish Academy. She’s hard at work on her Baby-Sitters Little Sisters books and a few other unnamed projects.Subscribe to be notified of future videos!
Heather and Kaz
Kaz Windness and Heather Brockman Lee are so pleased to announce their collaborative efforts in When You Love a Book have been selected as a Dolly Parton Imagination Library pick! Their book will be distributed to many children’s personal libraries thanks to Dolly Parton’s generosity!
Kaz and Heather also are a Colorado Library Early Literacy READ winner with When You Love a Book!
Kaz Windness (solo, this time)
The sequel to Bitsy Bat, School Star is out! Check out Kaz’s new book, Bitsy Bat, Team Star available wherever books are sold.
Squid in Pants is out May 13th! Preorder it today.
Heather Brockman Lee (solo, this time)
The City of Jasmine is out May 6th! Preorder it now.
Jessica Lanan
Jessica has a book coming out in June and she’s hard at work on many secret projects right now. Hopefully, we can tell you more about all her work soon! For now, enjoy the cover of In The World of Whales and preorder it today.
