Siena & Mark Siegel, TO DANCE

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Zibby Owens

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🗓️ 12 February 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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I chatted with husband-and-wife team, Siena Cherson Siegel (author) and Mark Siegel (illustrator) of the graphic novel TO DANCE. This autobiographical book chronicles a ten-year period of Siena’s life as she falls in love with ballet and moves to New York to train at the School of American Ballet. This inspiring couple shared what it was like to create together, the journey to merge their passions, and insights into the rise in popularity of the graphic novel. Mark Siegel should know - he's the author and illustrator of several book/graphic novels himself including Oskar and the Eight Blessings and is the founder and editorial director of First Second, an award-winning graphic novel imprint. Siena is a former dancer from Puerto Rico who trained at the School of American Ballet and later worked in their education department. Their unique story is inspiring, heartwarming and important!

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
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0:21.1	This week's episode has been sponsored by A Thing or Two, which is a podcast hosted by Claire
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0:53.2	receive it at Claire and Erica.com. So thanks so much to Claire and Erica, and they're a fantastic podcast,
0:59.1	a thing or two, which you should definitely check out. I'm here today with Mark and Siena Siegel.
1:03.7	Mark Siegel is an author and illustrator of many award-winning books. He's the founder and
1:07.6	creative slash editorial director of first, second books, a McMillan imprint that publishes graphic novels.
1:13.2	He illustrated to dance, written by Sienna Chershan Siegel, his wife.
1:17.7	He illustrated Oscar and the Eight Blessings, which won the 2015 Jewish Book Award, and How to Read a Story.
1:23.5	In 2017, he launched the Five World's Graphic Novel series, a five-volume fiction series he co-writes with his brother, Alexis Siegel.
1:30.0	The first in the series was a New York Public Library Top Ten Book for Kids in 2017.
1:34.4	Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Mark was raised in France.
1:37.7	A graduated Brown University he currently lives in New York.
1:40.7	Siena Chershan Siegel is an author and former dancer from Puerto Rico, who trained at the School of American Ballet and later worked in the Education Department at the American Ballet Theater, directing their training programs for young dancers.
1:52.4	To Dance is her story, which won a Cybert honor and many other awards.
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