HomeAlayne Kay Christian
Award-Winning Children's Book Author
Alayne is available for school and library visits and speaking or readings at special events.
Alayne offers professional picture book manuscript critiques.
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Alayne Kay Christian is a former acquisitions editor and an award-winning author. Alayne’s most recent books are picture books Turkey On the Run! illustrated by Neha Rawat (Flamingo Books-Penguin Random House 2026); An Old Man and His Penguin: How Dindim Made João Pereira De Souza an Honorary Penguin (illustrated by Milanka Reardon) and The Weed That Woke Christmas: The Mostly True Story of the Toledo Christmas Weed (illustrated by Polina Gortman). Alayne is a professional picture critique writer and mentor as well as the creator and teacher of a picture book writing course, Art of Arc: How to Write and Analyze Picture Book Manuscripts. She is a member of SCBWI and worked as critique ninja for Julie Hedlund's 12x12 for three years. Alayne is available for speaking and faculty engagements for SCBWI events and conferences as well as school visits and other speaking engagements. Born in the Rockies, raised in Chicago, and now a true-blue Texan, Alayne’s writing conveys her creative spirit, a bit of her funny bone, and the kinship to nature and humanity that lives within her heart. Click here, for teacher's guides.
