Ever since he was a kid, Pete Whitehead has loved telling stories and drawing pictures—whether doodling in ketchup on his dinner plate or creating graphic novels about a boy and his dog video recording their adventures. Storytelling has always been at the heart of what he does.
Pete graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Illustration. His career has included writing and illustrating greeting cards for Hallmark, creating children's books and comics, contributing to Highlights for Children and Disney's FamilyFun magazine, serving as lead artist and animator for the award-winning podcast 7 Minute Stories, and teaching illustration at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Pete lives in Cleveland, Ohio, with his author-illustrator wife, Jenny. They both miss their two grown daughters but spend as much time with them as possible. Pete also shares his home with two dogs, Hazel and Cooper, whose favorite hobby is licking people's faces. (Kind of gross, he knows.)
When he's not creating, Pete enjoys fly fishing and wood carving—just not at the same time.
Pete is represented by Rob Broder at Martin-Newens Literary Management. Email Rob at Rob@MartinLit.com
CLIENTS :
Mutuals Media (Video Editor)
Glassdoor (Content Creator)
7 Minute Stories Podcast (Illustrator/Animator)
Gamewright
Hallmark
American Greetings
Disney
Highlights Magazines
Golden Books
Macmillan Publishing
Random House
Blue Apple Publishing
Portable Press
Zonderkidz