Mikey Brooks

Illustration has always been a love of Mikey’s. His art has been seen in many forms from picture books to murals for community art productions. He creates full-room murals and loves to doodle on almost anything. He works full-time as a freelance illustrator and cover designer. Aside from writing and illustrating, Mikey also love to read middle-grade and young adult fiction, narrate picture books, sing, and even sew.

Mikey Brooks has a BS in English, emphasis in Creative Writing, from Utah State University, 2009. He wrote the fantasy-adventure novel, The Dream Keeper 2013, The Dreamstone 2013, and his newest release The Stone of Valhalla 2014. He author illustrated ABC Adventures: Magical Creatures, 013, Bean’s Dragons, 2012, and Trouble with Bernie, 2012. He illustrated Lucius and the Christmas Star, by Jim Long, 2012, Hippopotmus Gus 2013, Bongo Flo and Ocelot Scott, all by Carolyn Quist, 2012.

He’s had various illustrations published for several authors and enjoys every minute he gets to create art. He’s had poetry and personal essays published in university sponsored literary magazines 2007-2009, and was awarded 3rd place for his personal essay, Waiting for the Morning Sun to Rise, in the Utah Arts 23rd Annual Writing Competition, 2011.