Dena Seiferling is represented by Jackie Kaiser at Westwood Creative Artists.
Please contact Jackie regarding any book illustration projects at jackie@wcaltd.com

AWARDS & RECOGNITION:
2019 King Mouse, written by Cary Fagan
Finalist | Governor General’s Award
Society of Illustrators New York | Original Art Exhibition Selection
Honour Book | Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
Finalist | Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award
Short Listed | The Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award
Finalist | Governor General’s Award
Short Listed | New York Public Library’s Best Books for Kids
Starred Review | Kirkus
2021 Bear Wants to Sing, written by Cary Fagan
Nominee | Ezra Jack Keats New Writer/Illustrator Award
Winner | Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year
2022 The Language of Flowers, Self-Authored
Winner | R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature | Alberta Writers Guild
Recommended | Chen Bochui International Children’s Literature Award
2022, 2023 Night Lunch, written by Eric Fan
Winner | 2022 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
Honor Book | Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award
Winner | A New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year
An Indigo Best Kids’ Book of the Year
A Quill & Quire Book of the Year
One of Chicago Public Library’s Best Picture Books of the Year
Honor Book | School Library Journal‘s CaldeNott
2025 The Couch in the Yard, written by Kate Hoefler
Winner | Kate Hoefler | 2026 Margaret Wise Brown Prize in Children’s Literature
Finalist | The Ohio Book Award
Starred Review | Kirkus
2026 Things I Learned From My Dog, written by Victor D.O. Santos
Starred Review | Kirkus

PUBLISHED BOOKS:

Things I learned from my Dog, written by Victor DO Santos, Milky Way Picture Books, 2026

The Couch in the Yard, written By Kate Hoefler, Holiday House, Spring 2025

Ten Word Tiny Tales, written By Joseph Coelho, Walker Books, Fall 2023

Night Lunch, written by Eric Fan, Tundra, Fall 2022

The Language of Flowers, self authored and illustrated, Tundra, May 2022

Bear Wants to Sing, written by Cary Fagan, Tundra, Fall 2021

King Mouse, written by Cary Fagan, Tundra, Fall 2019

Alice & Gert, written by Helaine Becker, Owl Books, 2020

Reprints and publishing rights in UK, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Japan, Italy, France, Korea, China, Brazil, Canada

Residencies
Sendak Fellowship 2025

Past Exhibitions:
Alberta Craft Council, Calgary, Edmonton
Corey Helford Gallery, LOS ANGELES

About

DENA SEIFERLING is a Canadian illustrator who writes and illustrates children’s books with a soft spot for animals and nature. She graduated with a BFA from AuArts where she later taught (continues to teach) as an instructor. Her mediums include mainly drawing with graphite as well as digitally and needle-felted sculpture.