Violet Lemay is an illustrator and author of books for all ages whose clients include HarperCollins, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Highlights, Penguin, Scholastic, Holt, duopress, and Michael Sampson Books. She has written/illustrated 8 books, and has illustrated well over 40 books written by other authors.

In 2024, Violet's picture book Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist won nine awards including Reading the West's Best Picture Book and the Hoffer Grand Prize.

As an illustrator, Violet Lemay is proudly represented by MB Artists .



Awards & Lists
Alithia Ramirez Was an Artist
🏆 2024 Reading the West Book Awards Winner – Picture Books
🏆 2024 CBC Children’s Favorites Winner
🏆 2024 CBC Librarian Favorites Winner
🏆 2024 CBC Teacher Favorites Winner
🏆 2024 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize Winner
🏆 2024 Nautilus Book Awards Gold Winner
🏆 2024 TheBookfest Gold Winner for Children’s Historical
🏆 2024 Next Generation Indie Silver Winner
🏆 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Finalist

Let's Be Friends: A Lift-the-Flap Book
🏆 2022 The BookFest Gold Award - Children/Multicultural & diversity
🏆 2021 Firebird Gold Award - Board Books

Babies Around the World
🏆 2023 Reader's Digest: 100 Best Books of All Time
🏆 2020 The Everymom: 50 Chilcren's Bpoks That Celebrate Diversity
🏆 2020 Lunita: 16 Children's Books We Absolutely Love

Library Babies
🏆 2020 Chicago Public Library: Best Books of 2020
🏆 2019 Chicago Parent: Celebrate World Book Day with these 6 Children's Books

Bookstore Babies
🏆 2020 School Library Journal: "Faces of Color" List
🏆 2019 Powell's Picks

TummyTime: Happy Baby
🏆 2020 Good Housekeeping: 25 Best Books for the Ultimate Nursery
🏆 2020 Parents Magazine: Parents' & Kids' Favorite
🏆 2020 Parents Magazine: 20 First Baby Books You'll Both Love
🏆 2020 Across the Avenue: Holiday Gift Guide

New York Baby
🏆 2014 American Illustration: Recognition for 2 Interior Illustrations

San Francisco Baby
🏆 Society of Illustrators LA: Award for 1 Interior Illustration

Illustration Awards from the Early 2000s
🏆 Highlights: Best Illustrated Poem
🏆 Society of Illustrators NY: Educators who Illustrate
🏆 Applied Arts Illustration Annual Awards
🏆 3x3 Illustration Annual Award
🏆 RSVP Annual Competition ("Shadows"): Multiple Awards
🏆 American Illustration Awards (Issues 20 & 21)

Exhibitions
🏞 2018 Hyundai Museum of Kids' Books and Art (Seoul, Korea): Artists in Books, featuring original art and a sketched book dummy from 100 Pablo Picassos; 3 paintings purchased for the museum's permanent collection.
🏞 2014 Society of Illustrators LA Annual Exhibition: Illustration from San Francisco Baby.
🏞 2014 Sketch Design Lounge fine art exhibition: Shoes (Glens Falls, New York).
🏞 2013 Typhoon Haiyan Art Benefit & Auction Exhibit (Savannah, Georgia).
🏞 1999 Society of Illustrators NY: Educators Who Illustrate (NYC).