Laurie Dolphin
NationalityAmerican
OccupationChildren's author

Laurie Dolphin is a designer, author, and founder of Authorscape, a small independent book packager and publisher in New York. She is also the art curator for actor Norman Reedus.[1] Through her imprint Dolphin Books, Laurie Dolphin published and was the editor of The Last Dalai Lama? (2018) a companion book to filmmaker Mickey Lemle's award-winning documentary featuring a foreword by The Dalai Lama.[2] The book was the recipient of the Best Book Arts Craftsmanship award from the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards.[3]

Publishing

Dolphin has worked on numerous projects in the pop culture, art, photography, and health and wellness genres. Notable projects include Evidence: The Art of Candy Jernigan (1999),[4] This Is Today (a history of NBC's The Today Show) (2003),[5] Giving Back (2011) with Meera Gandhi[6] and Flash Frames: A New Pop Culture (2002), a book highlighting Flash art from the internet co-edited with her husband Stuart S. Shapiro and featuring an introduction by Stan Lee.[7] Most recently, Dolphin has partnered with actor and photographer Norman Reedus, to design and publish a book of his photography called The Sun's Coming Up Like A Big Bald Head (2013) [8] and a forthcoming fan art compilation called Thanks For All The Niceness: Fan Art From Around The World (2014).[9] In 2016, Laurie Dolphin designed and published a special edition book of photography by Gelila Bekele called "GUZO," which documents the daily life of tribes in rural Ethiopia.[10]

Dolphin's work has been featured in The New York Times,[11] San Francisco Chronicle [12] and received the Certificate of Design Excellence from Print's Regional Design Annual for Evidence in 2000.[13]

Children's books

In addition to her work as a designer and publisher, Dolphin is the author of several children's books including Georgia To Georgia: Making Friends in the USSR (1991),[14] Neve Shalom Wahat Al-Salam: Oasis of Peace (1993) [15] and Our Journey From Tibet (1997).[16] Her work as an author often focuses on peace projects in conflict zones that aim to teach children about diversity and peace.[17] She received the "Children's Book of the Year Award" from Parents Magazine[18] and won the 1994 National Jewish Honor Book Award.[19]

Ask. Dr. Mao

Dolphin has worked extensively with Dr. Maoshing Ni to produce his health and wellness book series that includes Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds of Ways to Live to be 100.[20] With Ni, she co-founded and is the creative director for the natural health search engine, Ask Dr. Mao.

Bibliography

As author

As editor

References

  1. ^ "" The sun's coming up... like a big bald head " Norman Reedus Photographies". Galerie Hors-Champs. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. ^ Laurie, Dolphin. The Last Dalai Lama?. Dolphin Books. ISBN 9780989637961.
  3. ^ "Announcing the Results of the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards". Independent Publisher. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. ^ Jernigan, Candy. Evidence "The Art of Candy Jernigan" Ed. Laurie Dolphin. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle, 1999. ISBN 0811823075
  5. ^ Mink, Eric. “This Is Today: A Window on Our Times.” Andrews McMeel Pub, ISBN 0740738534
  6. ^ Gandhi, Meera. Giving Back. New York, NY: Dolphin Jones, 2011. ISBN 9780578089393
  7. ^ Shapiro, Stuart S. and Laurie Dolphin. “Flash Frames: A New Pop Culture.” Watson Guptill Publications. ISBN 0823018377
  8. ^ Reedus, Norman. “The Sun's Coming Up Like A Big Bald Head” New York, NY: Authorscape, 2013. ISBN 9780989637909
  9. ^ Ayers, Mike. "'Walking Dead' Star Norman Reedus Publishing Daryl Dixon Fan Art Book." The Wall Street Journal: Speakeasy. WSJ, 15 Sept. 2014. Web. 18 Sept. 2014. <https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/09/15/norman-reedus-daryl-dixon-fan-art-book/>.
  10. ^ Bekele, Gelila (2015). Guzo. Dolphin Books. ISBN 978-0-9896379-3-0. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  11. ^ Musleah, Rachel. "Through Age-Old Enmity, With Sensitivity." The New York Times 14 Nov. 1993, Sunday ed., Long Island sec. Print.
  12. ^ "Holiday Book Review." San Francisco Chronicle 21 Nov. 1993, Sunday ed., Books sec. Print.,
  13. ^ "Print's Regional Design Annual 2000." Print Magazine 1 Sept. 2000. Print.
  14. ^ Dolphin, Laurie. Georgia To Georgia: Making Friends In The USSR. New York, NY: Tambourine, 1991. Print. ISBN 0688098967
  15. ^ Dolphin, Laurie. Neve Shalom Wahat Al-Salam: Oasis of Peace. New York, NY: Scholastic, 1993. Print. ISBN 0590457993
  16. ^ Dolphin, Laurie. Our Journey From Tibet. New York, NY: Dutton Children's, 1997. Print. ISBN 0525455779
  17. ^ Musleah, Rachel. "Through Age-Old Enmity, With Sensitivity." The New York Times 14 Nov. 1993, Sunday ed., Long Island sec. Print.
  18. ^ Best Kids' Books of 1993." Parents Magazine 1 Dec. 1993: 189. Print.
  19. ^ Posner, Marcia. The Jewish Book Council 45th Annual National Jewish Book Awards 1993-1994. New York, NY: Jewish Book Council, 1994. Print.
  20. ^ Ni, Maoshing. Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds of Ways to Live to Be 100. San Francisco: Chronicle, 2006.
  21. ^ Dolphin, Laurie. Magical Objects From Around The World. New York, NY: Duton Children's, 1997. ISBN 0525458352
  22. ^ Today's Kitchen: Cookbook. Des Moines, Iowa: Meredith, 2005. ISBN 0696225425
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