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C. Garland Miller
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Kidlit author. Illustrator. SCBWI member. Monster enthusiast!

Leah Limon Versus the Golden Chef out now!

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I drew a spider 🤓 tried going for a tattoo style
A green and yellow cartoon spider with a large eyeball on its body
October 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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So excited for game 3 of the #wnbafinals tonight! Really hoping for a Mercury win. Let’s gooooo @mercuryphx.bsky.social!
A drawing of a cute and smiley cartoon basketball accompanied by the phrase “ya boy is bouncy”
October 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I painted a lizard 🦎 watercolor and colored pencil
A watercolor painting of a green lizard resting on some leaves
August 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Plant life!
A color illustration of a cute little cartoon purple flower with a smiley face
June 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Battle time
A cartoony drawing of a panda with a giant fork fighting a floating cheeseburger monster with French fry tentacles
May 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Count Eggula the vampire. Mwa ha ha
A color illustration of an egg-shaped vampire, Count Eggula
May 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Cactus
A color sketch of a cactus in a pot with a flower in front of it
May 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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My kids and I like playing a game where we create a map, taking turns drawing different landmarks one at a time until the paper is full. Behold the Kingdom of West Hyrule!

Play this game with your kids today, it’s very fun. (:
A pencil map of a fictional fantasy kingdom called West Hyrule
May 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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This hot AZ weather has me feeling like a sadsquatch.
Pencil drawing of a sad Sasquatch over a red and white background
May 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Happy Friday, what is up?
I got dragons on the brain.
Tell me who’s your favorite dragon
and anything else you have to say.

#kidlit #kidlitart #monsterart #illustration #AZauthor #kidlitquestion
A poster of an abstract rainbow dragon with the word dragon below it. The Garland Books logo is in the top right corner.
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I’m a Fire Quacker, hot as I can be! 😎

#kidlitart #artprocessvideo #monsterart #illustration #kidlit #AZauthor #drawingprocess #drawingpractice
February 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Happy Friday! Eye hope you have a great day 👁️👁️

#drawingpractice #sketchdaily
Pencil drawing of close up eyes looking to the right
February 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Tuesday sketchy mcsketchsketch. What should I dub this fine vessel?

THE NAME HAS TO BE A MONSTER PUN.

Most fun, kidlit-appropriate name wins!
February 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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There’s nothing quite like flipping through the pages of a new book… especially when that book is one you wrote 🤓

#kidlit #middlegrade #fantasybooks #monsterbook #booksky
February 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Who’s watching #NXT #VengeanceDay tonight? Super excited to see Bayley v Roxanne v Cora v Giulia! Let me know which match you’re most excited for!

#kidlitart #poem #kidlit
February 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Happy #valentinesday to all my book-loving homies out there! #kidlit #kidlitart
A purple drawing of a heart-shaped mandala with a unicorn in the center
February 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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If you can’t handle me at my jiggliest, you don’t deserve me at my puffiest.

#kidlitart #pokemonart #drawingpractice
A small pencil drawing of the Pokemon Jigglypuff wearing a wizard hat and holding a wand.
February 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Just picked up a used copy of Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater! I know I read this as a kid but don’t remember much, so I’m excited to dive in!

Has anyone read this? Chu think? #kidlit #mg
The black and red cover of the book Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater. The black bank cover of the book Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater. It features white text and a red illustration of a lizard.
February 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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It’s already warming up in AZ, I need to get outside and paint before it gets too hot!
Green and red painting of the name Oli in graffiti style font.
February 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Draw with me! The Unseen.

#kidlitart #monsterart #drawingprocess #kidlitauthor
February 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I’ve been brainstorming some ideas for a story that mixes monsters with #prowrestling and adds in a dash of Spartacus, and I drew a quick character idea I had to help me envision him better! I dub him The Unseen. Dun dun DUNNNNNN!

#kidlitart #monsterart
A colorful digital drawing of a skeleton man with black hair, a black suit with glowing pink runes, and glowing pink eyes.
February 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I love drawing monsters with BIG ol' ears. It's so much fun! This is the troll from my #picturebook C is for Cactus Cat!

#kidlitart #artprocessvideo #monsterart #illustration #kidlit #AZAuthor
February 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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When I look back on my portfolio, I find more sketches and drawings of Sasquatches than anything else. Not sure how that happened.

#kidlitart #artprocessvideo #bigfootart #illustration
February 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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I've been having so much fun watching #Unrivaled basketball and following all the #WNBA news the past few days — so much exciting stuff going on! It inspired me to create this monster.

#kidlit #kidlitart #monsterart
Color illustration of a childlike black and orange basketball monster, with fangs, surrounded in orange and yellow fire.
February 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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I drew a crystalizard! garlandbooks.xyz/blog/crystal...
Purple and blue lizard with crystals sticking out of its back.
February 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM