Meet the Authors and Illustrators at Doodle and Peck Publishing!

MARLA F. JONES

Author/Illustrator

Marla F. Jones has authored four picture books and is currently illustrating her fifth. Marla uses a colorful mix of media, layering papers, fabrics and found objects, to create texture and dimension in her folk art style.

Jones wrote and illustrated Doodle and Peck and Let's Follow Them! She has illustrated two books for Susan York Meyers.

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UNA BELLE TOWNSEND

Author/Photographer

As a former librarian, Una Belle enjoys reading to children and learning more about the great state of Oklahoma.

Here are a few of the books this prolific writer has authored:

Toby and the Secret Code

Ben and the Missing Pony

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Scanner and the Icky, Sticky Gum

Clancy

Sunsets and Haiku

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DAVID BARROW

Illustrator

David Barrow worked as a graphic designer, camera man and video editor. In 2016, Barrow embarked on his lifelong dream of illustrating children’s books. Here are a few of those:

A Truck Named Tony

Down on the Ranch

The Thirteenth Chicken

Mila Denton is an April Fool

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Scanner and the Icky, Sticky Gum

KAREN (KJ) WILLIAMS

Author

KJ Williams loves connecting kids to books. She spent thirty-seven years as a schoolteacher and media specialist encouraging children to discover and love books and reading. Williams hopes to ignite their imagination with her debut book, Camp Not Allowed.

DAVID ROPER

Author

David L. Roper has been a professional writer for over twenty years, with dozens of adult books in print.  As a children’s writer, he has had over fifty stories, poems, and articles published in Highlights and other children’s magazines. 

Roper has written two books for Doodle and Peck Publishing:

The Little Old Man, the Little Old Woman, and the Little Red Hen

My Friend, Frank

SUSAN YORK MEYERS

Author

Susan York Meyers is an award-winning author, with two chapter books, two picture books, two young adult novels, and a book of poetry.  She has also written a humorous inspirational book entitled Two Little Old Ladies. Susan worked in elementary school libraries for over twelve years and is familiar with both books and the children who check them out. 

SHARON MARTIN

Author

Sharon Edge Martin, teacher and writer, has published dozens of poems, short stories, and magazine article, and more than a thousand essays.  Her first full-length book of poetry, Not a Prodigal, is from Village Books Press.  Froggy Bottom Blues is her first picture book.

BARBARA SHEPHERD

Author

Barbara Shepherd is an award-winning writer. Her books include The Potbelly Pig Promise (picture book), River Bend (novel), Vittles and Vignettes (cookbook), and Patchwork Skin (poetry chapbook).

RAVEN HOWELL

Author

Raven Howell is an award-winning author and poet of eight picture books. She writes poetry for a variety of children’s magazines including Highlights and Cricket. Raven enjoys writing workshops, and serves as Creative & Publishing Advisor for RedClover Reader. A Flock of Fun is Howell's first book with D&P.

NANCY PYLE

Author

Nancy F. Pyle is a retired librarian who wrote her first picture book when she realized her granddaughter was already three, and Granny had not set a single stitch on the child's baby quilt.  What kind of book does a three-year-old need?  A counting book, and so Down on the Ranch was written.  

SANDRA BYRD LAWSON

Author

Sandra Byrd Lawson grew up in rural Kentucky. As a little girl Lawson loved reading all types of books and exploring the hills and woods surrounding her home. She now lives in Oklahoma and has two books with Doodle and Peck:

Mila Denton's Worst Week Ever!

Mila Denton is an April Fool

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ANOLA PICKETT

Author

A former teacher and school librarian, Anola Pickett is an experienced workshop and conference presenter. She especially enjoys speaking to students about the art and craft of writing and how to bring a story alive for the reader. Kate's Ocean is her first book with Doodle and Peck Publishing.