Author/Artist Taryn Skipper
Taryn Skipper started writing and illustrating picture books a decade ago after a previous decade selling commissioned art and portraits in watercolor and oil. She has written, illustrated and published three childrens books and two tenth-anniversary special editions, and illustrated two others. She signed with Splinter Press for her debut novel for young adults, and continues to write for children and adults while taking limited art commissions.
She’s taught at conferences and other events and won first place in the double-blind Storymakers first chapter contest, as well as runner up in the Aurora Contest for unpublished manuscripts.
Taryn sits on the board of the Storymakers Author Guild as Finance Co-Chair for the Conference, having served previosuly as President of the Whitney Awards for two years, and webmaster for the previous two years.
She graduated with a double bachelors in Philosophy and International Studies with a minor in Spanish and concentrations in Logic and Russian. When she’s not writing or painting, she practices real estate for select clients and enjoys travel, practicing martial arts, rock climbing and hiking with her family in the breathtaking Colorado mountains around her.
See her feature in Shoutout Colorado
Upcoming Events
- May 9, 2025
- Storymakers Conference
- Panelist: Creating a Successful Writing Group
- Storymakers Conference
- May 10, 2025
- Storymakers Conference
- Author Participant: Mass Book Signing
- Storymakers Conference
- August, 2025
- Book Club
- host of guest author, TBD.
- Book Club
- September, 2025
- FanX SLC
- (approve panelist, awaiting assignments)
- FanX SLC
- September, 2025
- Book Launch Event, SLC, UT- details to come
- Between Tungsten and Gold, Splinter Press
- Book Launch Event, SLC, UT- details to come
- October, 2025
- Book Launch Event, Castle Rock, CO – details to come
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Previous Events
2025
- Late January, 2025
- Book release
- The Bear, the Box and the Boy: The Coloring and Activity Book. 108 pages, AC Skye
- Book release
- January 29, 2025
- The Missing Link Writers Group
- Presenter (remote)
- The Missing Link Writers Group
- February 13, 2025
- LTUE (Life, The Universe, and Everything) SFF Symposium
- Panelist: Why Does Utah Produce So Many Successful Authors? (as a non-Utah-based participant)
With: Dave Doering, Shelly Brown, Taryn Skipper, Jessica Day George, Jennifer Nielsen, J. Abram Barneck - Presenter: More Than a Pretty Facet: Jewelry in Worldbuilding
- Panelist: Why Does Utah Produce So Many Successful Authors? (as a non-Utah-based participant)
- LTUE (Life, The Universe, and Everything) SFF Symposium
- February 14, 2025
- LTUE
- Moderator: Dynamic Action Poses: The Anatomy of Movement in Comic Art
- Author paricipant: Mass Book Signing
- LTUE
2024
Thursday, Feb 15 2024
LTUE (Life, The Universe, and Everything) SFF Symposium
- Panelist: Jewelry for Worldbuilding
- Moderator: Illustrations: Seeing through the Artist’s Eyes
- Moderator: Looking for Group: Finding a Writing Support Network
Saturday, February 17
LTUE
- Panelist: Making Butt-in-Chair Time
- Panelist: How to Run a Book Club
- Moderator: Lipreading Isn’t Everything: Writing Deaf and HoH Characters
Friday, May 10 2024
Storymakers Conference
- Class Instruction: Time to Get Creative: Productivity and Time Management for Writers
Whitney Awards Gala
- Opening remarks
Saturday, May 11
Storymakers Conference
- Panelist: AI for Writers
- Mass Book Signing
Past events include school presentations on writing and illustrating, readings, juried art shows, art nights, painting classes, and presentations on time management, AI for writers, etc.
