Tina Turbin- Author and Artist Danny The Dragon and Dreams
Tina Turbin was a prolific writer and speaker throughout her school years. At age 16 she wrote her first children’s book and that interest never waned.
In 1997, after working in the entertainment industry in Los Angeles and running her own successful studio, she and her husband moved to the East Coast. She soon wrote her much sought after Show Biz Kids East Coast Guidebook.
Books are available at Amazon.com and by special order at other fine bookstores everywhere, as well as her Danny the Dragon DREAMS CD, released in October 2009 at the Sesame Street Halloween Concert orchestrated by the Pasadena City College Orchestra.
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By early 2000, her three children had become more independent and two of them had moved back to Los Angeles to pursue their music careers. This allowed Tina more time to get back into her love of the arts and her writing—hence the
series.
“Danny the Dragon was an idea I had that I just could not put out of my mind. It evolved when I slept, drove, looked at a child, walked by a child, or even looked at the sky. It was developing beyond my control, and I loved the anticipation of creating the book and the series.”
Tina spent a full year interviewing illustrators after writing the first book, Danny the Dragon “Meets Jimmy.” She wanted complete control over the development of her own characters, which in many cases one does not get when working with a publisher as a new author. In addition, she found the business had changed dramatically over the years with the evolution of computers and the Internet, not to mention Internet marketing and social networking.
“I asked illustrator Aija Jasuna to do one quick sketch of three of my characters, after supplying her with very detailed descriptions of each. Many illustrators supplied lovely sketches during this year, but when Aija’s sketch arrived, I KNEW she was THE ONE! I fine-tuned the characters down to exactly what I wanted, and the more she got to know me and vice versa, the easier and faster we worked. We have become amazing long-distance friends.”
Aija Jasuna speaks no English! Tina and Aija worked through a translator, as Aija lives in Latvia, in northern Europe. “We are two souls far apart physically, yet we work as if we were side by side and had been friends forever. There are really no barriers.”
Danny The Dragon Meets Jimmy is the first in the Danny series to be released, along with the Danny cookbook and two other “surprise” topics which are in the works!
For many years, Tina has continued researching and writing in areas of interest and concern: children, families,allergies, celiac disease, gluten-free issues and the importance of correct diagnosis. She writes weekly articles and is on 1-3 radio shows every week discussing these topics as well as the role of a children’s author.
Tina Turbin is currently working on the treatments for future Danny the Dragon books as well as the sought after Danny’s cookbook! This cookbook is sure to be a staple on the child’s “shelf” in the kitchen, as well as any mom’s!
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