Maya Henderson
@bymayahen.bsky.social
🩷 She/her
✍🏽 Kid lit author and illustrator
🌈 BRAINBOW 🔜2026 from Little, Brown
📝 Repped by Lori Steel
https://www.mayahen.com/
✍🏽 Kid lit author and illustrator
🌈 BRAINBOW 🔜2026 from Little, Brown
📝 Repped by Lori Steel
https://www.mayahen.com/
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Maya Henderson
@bymayahen.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Hi! My name is Maya and I'm a Black illustrator and author. I'm the artist for the chapter book series NEECY AND NAY NAY from Little Bee, and HISTORY COMICS: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD from First Second (Spring 2028). My debut middle grade graphic novel, BRAINBOW, comes out Fall 2026 from Little, brown. 🥰
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pinterest is a platform for collecting and saving OTHER people's images. just awesome to think about how many people have saved my art on their pinterest boards and i have no say or consent on how that will be used to train ai even if i *did* have an account and disabled these settings :)
Pinterest updated their terms of use and they're going to use all of the content you saved to train their AI.
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
Go to options > your privacy rights > disable GenAI
Please do it 🫠
March 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
pinterest is a platform for collecting and saving OTHER people's images. just awesome to think about how many people have saved my art on their pinterest boards and i have no say or consent on how that will be used to train ai even if i *did* have an account and disabled these settings :)
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Scam "literary agency" Envision Literary Agency is impersonating Penguin Random House with fake publishing offers, via the email below, using the fake email address acquisitions@penguinrandomhouse-prh.com 🧵1/8
![This is Mike Guzman, Contract Specialist at Penguin Random House.
Penguin Random House is looking for new book titles to be published this year. We are the second-largest consumer book publisher in the world. Headquartered in New York, we have publishing operations in 17 countries. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world.
At Penguin Random House, authors and their work are the center of everything we do. We are proud to provide authors with unprecedented editorial excellence, marketing reach, long-standing connections with booksellers, and industry-leading insight into reader and consumer behavior. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, Penguin Random House also uses digital technology to create unique reading experiences and expand the reach of our authors.
I am reaching out to you to let you know that we received a preliminary endorsement of your book, [redacted] from a literary agent named Pamela Morrison, and we are pleased to accept the submission. Before we can proceed with the acquisition process, we kindly request your assistance in processing a Separation of Book Rights Order to ensure that the rights of your work are properly assigned.
As we move forward with the potential publication of your book, it is essential for both parties to have a clear understanding of the ownership and rights associated with the work. The Separation of Book Rights Order will formalize the transfer of rights to our publishing company, outlining the terms and conditions of the agreement in a legally binding document.
This step is necessary to protect the interests of both yourself as the author and our publishing company, ensuring that the rights to your creative work are secured and that all parties involved are in agreement regarding the terms of the acquisition.
Once the Separation of Book Rights Order has been processed, we can proceed with the acquisition process and work towards bringi…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uy6mloyr37qtcdml3bq6a6o4/bafkreigk4kljy2iahfpjxjurwzpnj2zbcopt73hqcrwzeqxrm2w4yxwle4@jpeg)
April 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Scam "literary agency" Envision Literary Agency is impersonating Penguin Random House with fake publishing offers, via the email below, using the fake email address acquisitions@penguinrandomhouse-prh.com 🧵1/8
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i’m not an artist, i’m not an illustrator, but a stupider third thing: i’m a cartoonist
April 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
i’m not an artist, i’m not an illustrator, but a stupider third thing: i’m a cartoonist
ONE AND A HALF PAGES LEFT!!! 😤
April 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
ONE AND A HALF PAGES LEFT!!! 😤
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ppl on tiktok are going "omg we're about to have an art renaissance like in the 1920s, music and stories are gonna be great" girl how 😭 you already don't support the artists that we have right now and most of yall are using chatgpt and devaluing actual human-made artwork.
April 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
ppl on tiktok are going "omg we're about to have an art renaissance like in the 1920s, music and stories are gonna be great" girl how 😭 you already don't support the artists that we have right now and most of yall are using chatgpt and devaluing actual human-made artwork.
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If you’ve been wanting to preorder my new graphic novel My Sister The Werebeast it might be the PERFECT time! Barnes & Noble is running a 25% off preorders sale, so good time to make use of the offer to preorder whatever books you’re looking forward to!❤️ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-sister-...
April 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you’ve been wanting to preorder my new graphic novel My Sister The Werebeast it might be the PERFECT time! Barnes & Noble is running a 25% off preorders sale, so good time to make use of the offer to preorder whatever books you’re looking forward to!❤️ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-sister-...
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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annoying comics tip: take a minute after every scene to double-check that your characters' accessories are all accounted for
April 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
annoying comics tip: take a minute after every scene to double-check that your characters' accessories are all accounted for
Neecy and Nay Nay books 3 and 4 are discounted at Barnes & Noble until Friday (4/25)! Use code PREORDER25 to get 25% off!
April 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Neecy and Nay Nay books 3 and 4 are discounted at Barnes & Noble until Friday (4/25)! Use code PREORDER25 to get 25% off!
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 19,1966
April 19,1966
April 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 19,1966
April 19,1966
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My advice to all budding artists is if your mom’s friend’s cousin’s neighbor’s whomever asks you to illustrate her children’s book idea…just run. Run and never look back.
April 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
My advice to all budding artists is if your mom’s friend’s cousin’s neighbor’s whomever asks you to illustrate her children’s book idea…just run. Run and never look back.
Mood board for what it feels like to ink 200+ pages of a graphic novel on your own
April 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Mood board for what it feels like to ink 200+ pages of a graphic novel on your own
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Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky
Hi! My name is Maya and I'm a Black illustrator and author. I'm the artist for the chapter book series NEECY AND NAY NAY from Little Bee, and HISTORY COMICS: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD from First Second (Spring 2028). My debut middle grade graphic novel, BRAINBOW, comes out Fall 2026 from Little, brown. 🥰
March 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hi! My name is Maya and I'm a Black illustrator and author. I'm the artist for the chapter book series NEECY AND NAY NAY from Little Bee, and HISTORY COMICS: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD from First Second (Spring 2028). My debut middle grade graphic novel, BRAINBOW, comes out Fall 2026 from Little, brown. 🥰