Invite Mark Edward Geyer for a school visit and bring the world of book illustration right into the classroom.

Topics Discussed:

• The role of an illustrator in the making of a book.   
• How an illustrator works with the editor, the author, and the art director.   
• The importance of research, especially when illustrating “period” novels that take place a long time ago.
• How illustrators and authors utilize and draw upon their educational background. 
• How illustrating fiction differs from illustrating non-fiction: how illustrating The Inquisitor Apprentice series and The Shakespeare Mysteries differs from illustrating Who Was Ulysses S. Grant?
• How an illustrator "stages" the characters in an illustration.
• Artistic inspiration. 
• Learning to rely on instinct.                                                                                                                                                                                            Here I am (on the right) with author Deron R. Hicks at a Barnes and Noble ​book signing after a day spent with students of Brookstone School in Columbus, Georgia.                                                                                                                     

                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                    

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To Request an Appearance, email me: markedwardgeyer@hotmail.com.  Or write to:

Mark Edward Geyer, In care of Publicity at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Children
222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116

Or, you can also email the Children's Publicity Department, childrens_publicity@hmhpub.com, or send a fax to 617.351.1111.

Honorarium Fees:   Please contact me by email for these costs: markedwardgeyer@hotmail.com   Fees do not include travel and expenses, which are also the responsibility of the school.