This interview originally ran in May of 2011. Since then she’s published Zoe Gets Ready. This year she will have two additional titles published: Snippet, the Early Riser and Zoe’s Room (No Sisters Allowed).  To win a copy of Buglette the Messy Sleeper leave a comment on this post. Congratulations, Carrie! You’ve won the copy of Buglette! Please email me with your mailing address and I’ll send the book out to you. Joining us this week for Creative Spaces is author/illustrator Bethanie Deeney Murguia. Bethanie’s picture book debut, Buglette the Messy Sleeper, published this month from Tricycle Press. Buglette is an adorable ladybug who has ambitious, adventurous dreams while she sleeps which result in her being a messy sleeper.… Read the rest

Joining us this week for Creative Spaces is author/illustrator Bethanie Deeney Murguia. Bethanie’s picture book debut, Buglette the Messy Sleeper, published this month from Tricycle Press. Buglette is an adorable ladybug who has ambitious, adventurous dreams while she sleeps which result in her being a messy sleeper. From the publisher, “Buglette’s quirky sleeping habits worry her family–what if her messy sleeping wakes the scary crow?–until her big dreams help her to save the day.” Bethanie received an MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She was an art director for Hearst Magazines, and now lives in Sausalito, California, with her husband and two little buglettes of her own.… Read the rest