Ashley Wolff
Visiting Writer
Profile
Ashley Wolff has been a visual artist since she declared herself one at the age of 5. She grew up in Middlebury, Vermont and holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design.
Ashley is the author and/or illustrator of over 60 children’s picture books including Where, Oh, Where is Baby Bear?, Baby Beluga by Raffi, Stella and Roy Go Camping, Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Philemon Sturges and Bonnie Lass, When Lucy Goes Out Walking, I Call My Grandma Nana, Compost Stew by Mary McKenna Siddals, and the beloved Miss Bindergarten series by Joseph Slate.
Her books have won numerous state and national awards. She enjoys working in a variety of media and is eager to share what she has discovered from 30 years of playing with color and light. One of Ashley’s favorite pastimes has been traveling to schools all over the US, speaking to children about writing, drawing and using their imaginations to help them find their own paths to the future. Every summer Ashley teaches in the Children’s Picture Book Writing & Illustration MFA and certificate programs at Hollins University, Roanoke, VA. She lives and works beside a lake in Leicester, VT.