Ashley Belote is the illustrator of FRANKENSLIME
(Feiwel & Friends, 2021) and VALENSLIME (Feiwel & Friends, 2021). She
is the author-illustrator of her solo debut early reader THE ME TREE (Penguin
Workshop, 2021) and her solo debut picture book LISTEN UP,
LOUELLA (Feiwel & Friends, 2022). She studied traditional animation under the direction
of Don Bluth. Ashley earned her BA from Alderson Broaddus University and her MA
in Arts Administration from the University of Kentucky. Her graduate study
included a children’s literature and illustration course, The Whole Book Approach,
through Simmons College at the Erica Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. She also serves as the Illustrator Coordinator for the
Carolinas chapter of SCBWI. Ashley is represented by Moe Ferrara of BookEnds Literary Agency. Visit her at AshleyBelote.com.