Draft:Jake Tashjian
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Jake Tashjian | |
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| Born | Jake Tashjian August 6, 1994 Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Children's book illustrator |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | fiction, middle grade |
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Jake Tashjian (born 1994) is an illustrator of fourteen children's books.
He illustrated the bestselling, ten-volume My Life As ... series for Macmillan Publishing which has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Career[edit]
Jake is on the autism spectrum and is a visual learner; the main character in the My Life As … books draws his vocabulary words in the margins the way Jake taught himself vocabulary words as a child. In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews called My Life as a Book, "A kinder, gentler Wimpy Kid with all the fun and more plot." Booklist, in a starred review, encouraged, "Give this to kids who think they don't like reading. It might change their minds." The series has earned several Best Children's Book of the Year Awards.
Jake Tashjian also illustrated the Einstein the Class Hamster series, as well as Hannah Sharpe Cartoon Detective for Little Brown Publishing. He collaborates on his novels with his mother, the author Janet Tashjian.
Personal Life[edit]
Jake Tashjian was born in 1994 in Newton, Massachusetts. He now lives in Southern California. He is an avid surfer, movie aficionado, and autism advocate.
Advocacy[edit]
Jake's poster design was selected for the inaugural Autfest film festival; he played Pete Davidson's son in the live table read of "It's a Wonderful Life" to raise funds for the Ed Asner Family Center, an autism nonprofit. He does comedy, improv, and performs with Spectrum Laboratories in Los Angeles which celebrates neurodiversity and inclusion in the arts. Jake is an active member of Workshop 2.0, a nonprofit for autistic adults in the arts. He also does voice acting, most notably for Speech Kingdom, an app for children with communication disabilities.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Jake Tashjian on Instagram
- “In Conversation: Janet Tashjian and Jake Tashjian,” “In Conversation: Janet Tashjian and Jake Tashjian,” Publishers Weekly, 14 September 2023
- "An Interview with Janet and Jake Tashjian". Edgewood News (Podcast). Edgewood Media Club. October 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- The My Life series, Macmillan publishers
- “My Life as an Author/Illustrator: A Janet Tashjian and Jake Tashjian Interview,” The Children’s Book Review, 27 March 2014
- “MA native joins star-studded cast for ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ table read,” Michaela Johnson, The Rhode Show, 10 December 2020
- "Ed Asner, Mia Farrow, BD Wong, Pete Davidson, Maude Apatow, Ellie Kemper, Carol Kane, Ed Begley, Jr., Diedrich Bader, Bill Pullman, Richard Kind, and Michael Shannon Set for It’s a Wonderful Life Table Read to Benefit the Ed Asner Family Center,” Lia Chang, Backstage Pass with Lia Chang, 13 December 2020
- “Follow-Up to AutFest Film Festival,” The Autism Notebook, South Florida Edition, Jun/Jul 2017
- “AutFest Selects Festival Poster Contest Winner: Jake Tashjian, Children’s Book Illustrator with Autism, Has Been Selected for His Depiction of the Festival’s Theme ‘From Spectrum to Screen’,” Shoot Publicity Wire, 14 April 2017
- “Blog Tour Review: Hannah Sharpe Cartoon Detective by Janet Tashjian and Jake Tashjian,” Jenny, JenJen Reviews, 22 September 2023