About Elizabeth Goss
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Elizabeth Goss is an illustrator, author, and papercutter based in the Pacific Northwest. Her first picture book My Way West:Real Kids Traveling the Oregon and California Trails (West Margin Press, 2021) won the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People. Her picture book, All About Nothing (Charlesbridge, 2023) is a collaboration with decorated children’s author Elizabeth Rusch and celebrates all the positives of negative space. Its sequel, All About Color (Charlesbridge, 2024), explores the communicative power of color.
An honors graduate of Syracuse University’s illustration program, Elizabeth Goss has been working as a professional papercutter for more than ten years. Her artwork has appeared in books, galleries, TV spots, merchandise, and advertisements.
She is a proud member of the Guild of American Papercutters and has previously served on their board as a VP of Exhibits and the VP of Community Outreach. Elizabeth loves to teach. Her workshops welcome students into the world of papercutting and are a great way to explore negative space, composition, shape, and color.
As a writer, she specializes in stories that are unusual or unexpected. Unlikely heroes, new takes on classic stories, and the secret worlds of children are her forte. Whether she is writing a whimsical fantasy or a piece of vivid nonfiction, she loves to surprise her readers.
Publishing History
All About Color
Illustrator, Charlesbridge, 2024
All About NothingIllustrator, Charlesbridge, 2023
Cracks of GoldIllustrator, Pioneer Valley Books, 2022
My Way WestReal Kids Traveling the Oregon and California Trails
Author/Illustrator, West Margin Press, 2021
Author/Illustrator, West Margin Press, 2021
Paper Magic
Author, Heinemann, 2019
Author, Heinemann, 2019
Sweet Medicine
Author, Heinemann, 2019
Author, Heinemann, 2019
Your Feet
Author, Heinemann, 2019
Author, Heinemann, 2019
Tiny Dragons
Illustrator, ArtOrder llc, 2018
Illustrator, ArtOrder llc, 2018
Oregon Reads Aloud
Illustrator, West Margin Press, 2016
Illustrator, West Margin Press, 2016
Exhibition History
The Art of Cut Paper
September & October 2024, PDX Commons, Portland, OR
September & October 2024, PDX Commons, Portland, OR
CreativiTEA
April 2019, Gallery on Gazebo, Johnstown, PA
April 2019, Gallery on Gazebo, Johnstown, PA
No Cutting Remarks: Original Papercuts by Elizabeth Goss
March - April 2019, Cascade Park Community Library, Vancouver, WA
March - April 2019, Cascade Park Community Library, Vancouver, WA
Food & Forest: Original Papercuts by Elizabeth Goss
January 2018, The Thurman St. Collective, Portland, OR
January 2018, The Thurman St. Collective, Portland, OR
No Big Heads 2017
October 2017, Hugh McPeck Gallery, Anchorage, AK
October 2017, Hugh McPeck Gallery, Anchorage, AK
2016 OPEN HOUSE—Designing for the Birds
Awarded the Home Sweet Home Award
April 2016, WeMake, Portland, OR
Awarded the Home Sweet Home Award
April 2016, WeMake, Portland, OR
Recent Illustration Clients
Hovering Shrieks
NaNoWriMo
Charlesbridge Publishing
Pioneer Valley Books
Spider Magazine
West Margin Press
SMART
Nick Sports
SCBWI of Oregon
The Guild of American Papercutters
The Wind & Oar Boat School
Recent awards:
2022 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People
Category: Grade 4 - 6
Elizabeth Goss, My Way West: Real Kids Traveling the Oregon & California Trails (West Margin Press, Berkeley, CA)
Category: Grade 4 - 6
Elizabeth Goss, My Way West: Real Kids Traveling the Oregon & California Trails (West Margin Press, Berkeley, CA)
My manuscript Full Moon Fever was a Finalist in the 2018 Bologna Dueling Illustrators Manuscript Contest
Proud member of the Guild of American Papercutters
To peek inside the studio and see what I'm working on right now, follow me on Instagram @lizabethgoss.