Michelle Nelson-Schmidt

A little bit about me, Michelle Nelson-Schmidt

Hello! Thank you for coming to visit my rose-colored world!

I am Michelle Nelson-Schmidt, I live in Pensacola, Florida and I have the great privilege of getting to be an author and illustrator for children. After about 10 years eeking my way towards that goal while working full-time as a mother and graphic designer, I am finally doing it full time. Sometimes I need to pinch myself when I realize that this is actually my life. I still sometimes look behind me to see the ‘author’ that a person next to me is talking about. I write and illustrate books for kids. Wow! THIS IS MY LIFE! I travel to schools all over the United States reading them my books, talking about my journey and encouraging them to follow their dreams – with everything they’ve got – no matter what! Because my life is magical, it truly is and every minbetterhugute, even the doubting, painful ones were so worth it to get to here, I want every person I know and meet to understand that this life is meant to be magical – and we all can have a magical life. You just have to have the courage to look for it and work for it.

I love that I get to show my children and all the children I meet (over 1 million now) that life is what you make it. That persistence and hard work will overcome almost any obstacle – and I of course have to make sure that they know reading is pretty much the key it all, no matter what your dream.

When I am not traveling I am busy being silly and having fun with my husband Kevin and our three crazy dogs, Piggy Pie, Otto Von Schmidt and Cornflake!