Ann Diament Koffsky
@artbyann
Author and/ or Illustrator of 40+ books including PING PONG SHABBAT (2024, Little Bee). 12x12. CBIGNYC. SCBWI.
Today is Emma Lazarus's 177th Birthday! Happy birthday, Emma. Thank you for everything you did and wrote. You were exrtraordinary!
Thrilled to announce that my new graphic novel The Story of Purim by Haman has received the Grinspoon Story Award from @pjlibrary! And it will be coming out from PJ publishing in 2027. Thank you @pjlibrary for believing in this story and making it happen! .
My newest coloring page, inspired by the classic tale of Rabbi Akiva and the fox. coloringjewish.substack.com/p/tisha-bav-...
Thanks to the The Gerbera Project for sharing MY SHOFAR! And to @mychalcopeland for reading it. 🥰
Thanks, Hadassah Magazine! Great company to be in. Apples & Honey Press
Squeeeeeee! Kelly Clarkson likes my book and shares it! Thanks to Jason kirschner thenillustrator for making it happen.
Family time can look different at different times of day…I enjoyed illustrating this family go through varied emotions and for my book, The Fairy Godbubbies Shabbat. Which one reminds you most of your family? Why?
Here’s the final piece framed! Amazing how a good frame can really elevate a piece. (And here are some process pics too.)
In 2025, the NY times incited Mel Brooks to create a personality quiz. In 2026 I invited jewish Kidlit authors to take that quiz! Here’s Rachelle Burks answers.
Stopped by my local library to pick up my reserves and got this nice surprise…
wwww! At the PJ Library International Conference in Springfield, MA. Winnie Grinspoon showed a video of her 5-month-old grandson loving my book My Matzah. Thanks to @terrykaye at the @jewishgrandparentsnetwork for sharing it with me! Made my day. . . . @pjlibrary @pjlibrary.org
Working on the art for the next Kayla and kugel book. That’s my house in the back left… but I wish my garden looked that good! #aspirations
With my new book out, folks have been asking me: what Mel Brooks content can I show my kids? So I made a list! You can access it from my website over here: annkoffsky.com/books/8220-2/
In 2025, Mel Brooks devised a personality quiz for the nytimes. Celebrities like Maya Rudolph, Steve Carell have taken it. I thought: why not me too? And why not some of my awesome author friends, too? And thus: a new, ongoing series of KIDLIT AUTHORS take the MEL BROOKS QUESTIONNAIRE!
First time one of my books has ever received a starred review. #achievement unlocked!