Free Insights: Jon Klassen | Illustrator + Author

A MASSIVE advantage when entering or seeking to thrive in the publishing industry is leveraging the experience of people who have not only achieved the kind of commercial and critical success you admire but deliver the type of value you respect.

For me, Jon Klassen demonstrates having a great relationship with simplicity, patience and humor in his picture books.

We do ourselves a favor by being thoughtful and voracious consumers of lessons to be learned from the works and journeys of creatives and gatekeepers in our field.

In his interview on the podcast “First Draft” with Sarah Enni, Jon is candid, vulnerable and detailed about his creative process, his journey to get where he is today and the things he’s struggled/still struggles with despite winning some of the biggest awards in the industry, making NYT bestsellers lists and having commercial acceptance.