Amy Grachow and Keith Grachow introduce ‘Summer on the Swing’

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On this episode, I chat with Amy Grachow and Keith Grachow about their new graphic novel Summer on the Swing.

Amy Grachow is an accomplished author known for her captivating children’s adventure book series Up-In-The-Sky. With a lifelong passion for writing poetry and short stories, Amy has been recognized through numerous awards, including winning a family trip to the Bahamas for her short story in Redbook magazine. Collaborating with her son, Keith, who is the illustrator, Amy creates enchanting stories that transport readers to imaginative worlds. Her empathetic nature and immense creativity shine through her work, drawing readers of all ages into her storytelling.

Keith Grachow is a comic book author-illustrator, graphic designer, and instructor who teaches workshops on illustration. Keith has written for SCI by AH Comics, co-written a story in Cauldron, authored his own comics (Yost the Golem, Bounty Hunter Kai) and co-created many comic books and anthology stories (Strange Case with Mark Bertolini for Scout Comics, Checkmate Blues with Robert Iveniuk and Reponaut with Howard Wong ) and children’s books with his mother Amy (Up-In-The-Sky series). He has also worked in animation, as a digital ink-and-paint artist for the Disney movies ‘Winnie the Pooh’ and ‘Princess and the Frog’, and designed toy packages for products like Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon and the Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Currently, Keith has co-authored and illustrated the graphic novel Summer on The Swing, with his mother Amy Grachow,

Summer on the Swing is a “148 page graphic novel with prose and spot illustrations in full colour for ages 13 plus. During the summer of 1965, in a bungalow colony in the Catskills of upstate New York, a young Jewish teen named Leslie, finds herself in the real life stories of friends and family. Through their books and journal entries, she gains the confidence to solve a crime and help a family. Only to have it all fall apart.”

You can discover more about Amy Grachow at AmyGrachow.com

You can discover more about Keith Grachow at at KGrachow.com and on Instagram at @keith_grachow

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