In the end art won and I went to school for illustration, but I kept writing while I was in art school and would complicate my illustration assignments by making them into comics. When I was looking at colleges I was torn between doing something art related or something writing related. My favorite subjects were always Art and English. Mixed-Up Files: So when did you decide you wanted to draw and write for a living?
Becoming a paranormal investigator seemed like a natural combination of those two interests. When I was younger than that, I had wanted to be a private eye and had a bunch of toy evidence collecting kits and “spy tool” kits. My middle school library had this series of books about paranormal phenomenon and cryptozoological creatures that explained the history of each topic and had examples of people’s experiences. Kayla: I loved anything spooky or weird as a kid. That is hilarious! Why do you think you came up with that career path? Mixed-Up Files: We see from your bio that you did not always want to be a cartoonist, and that wanted to be a paranormal investigator with a specialty in ghosts and aliens. Read on, and then enter to win a copy of CAMP below. Kayla is the author/illustrator of the graphic novels CLICK and CAMP, and here Kayla talks about their process for creating their novels what it is about sleepaway camp that makes it a perfect setting for a middle-grade book and their short-lived career as high school talent show host. Today we welcome Kayla Miller to the Mixed-Up Files of Middle-Grade Authors blog. Does your book qualify as middle-grade?.Turning Kids Into Bookworms: A Book List For Parents.Successful Author or Illustrator Visits.
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