Debut picture book MOVING DAY
coming from Margaret Ferguson Books at Holiday House—March 11, 2025!
Media Kit
Teri Roche Drobnick
BIOS:
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Teri enjoys writing for children and adults. MOVING DAY is her debut picture book. She lives in Petaluma, CA.
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Teri enjoys writing for children and adults. MOVING DAY is her debut picture book. Her background as a Clinical Social Worker influences her subjects and storylines with the hope of instilling empathy and kindness. Teri lives in Petaluma, CA with her husband and her best friend, Hobie, the Goldendoodle. When she's not writing, you can find Teri rowing on the Petaluma River with her teammates.
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Teri enjoys writing for children and adults. MOVING DAY is her debut picture book. Her work as a Clinical Social Worker influences her story themes about LGBTQ, dementia, immigration, chronic illness, and dying. She hopes to instill empathy and kindness in her readers. Teri won the 2019 Creator of Diverse Works award from the San Francisco North and East Bay chapter of SCBWI. Her memoir, A DAUGHTER’S LONG GOODBYE, is out on submission. She lives in Petaluma, CA with her husband and her writing assistant, Hobie, a Goldendoodle. When she's not writing, Teri can be found rowing on the Petaluma River.
teridrobnick.com
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Teri enjoys writing for children and adults. Her forthcoming children’s picture book MOVING DAY, about a house resistant to moving, will be published by Margaret Ferguson Books at Holiday House on March 11, 2025.
Her experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker influences many of her storylines such as LGBTQ, chronic illness, dementia, and grieving. Teri has recently completed her memoir entitled A DAUGHTER'S LONG GOODBYE, And Friendships Stronger Than Alzheimer's. It is a braided narrative about a daughter's anticipatory grief and a friendship's ultimate hurdle. With the sharing of lifetime stories, the daughter and her father's best friend of eighty years support each other through their mutual grief.
Teri lives in Petaluma, CA with her husband and her best friend, Hobie, a Goldendoodle. When she's not writing, Teri can be found hiking or rowing on the Petaluma River with her teammates.
TeriDrobnick.com
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Teri enjoys writing for children and adults. Her forthcoming children’s picture book MOVING DAY, about a house resistant to moving, will be published by Margaret Ferguson Books at Holiday House March 11, 2025.
Her experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker influences many of her storylines such as LGBTQ, chronic illness, dementia, and grieving. She was awarded the 2019 Creator of Diverse Works by the San Francisco and North Bay Chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Teri has recently completed her memoir entitled A DAUGHTER'S LONG GOODBYE, And Friendships Stronger Than Alzheimer's. It is a braided narrative about a daughter's anticipatory grief and a friendship's ultimate hurdle. With the sharing of lifetime stories, the daughter and her father's best friend of eighty years support each other through their mutual grief.
She is a member of SCBWI, The Association of Writers and Writing Programs, The Author’s Guild, and has attended numerous writing conferences.
Teri lives in Petaluma, CA with her husband and her best friend, Hobie, a Goldendoodle. When she's not writing, Teri can be found hiking or rowing on the Petaluma River with her teammates.
AUTHOR PHOTOS:
FUN FACTS:
Teri’s writing assistant, Hobie, is a Goldendoodle. He lays at Teri’s feet under her reclaimed wood desk, with the cool hard floor pressed against his cheek. He prefers to be as close as possible, so Teri can easily reach down and pet him. Or better yet, provide a belly rub. As Teri reads her manuscripts out loud, if Hobie sighs, lays back down placing his paws over his ears, she knows he disapproves. But if sits up, tilts his head to the side and taps his tail she knows he approves.
When Teri is not writing, she can be found hiking or rowing on the Petaluma River with her teammates.
CONTACT:
Cell: 707.484.1606
Email: teridrobnick@me.com
Website: teridrobnick.com
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Stephen Fraser
Executive Literary Agent
The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:
How did you get into writing?
What do you do when you’re not writing?
What influences your writing?
What would you recommend to an aspiring author?
What did you do before you were a writer?
How did you land your agent?
What inspires your themes?
How was it to change genres and write a memoir?
BOOKS:
MOVING DAY
By Teri Roche Drobnick
Illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhart
Published by Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
March 11, 2025
ISBN: 9780823452590
MOVING DAY is about a house that is resistant to moving. But when it sees its family in its new spot, it knows it’s right where it belongs.
This Victorian house isn’t eager to relocate to a new neighborhood in San Francisco. It feels a lug and a tug as it’s lifted onto a flatbed behind a truck. A police car leads the way, a crowd begins to form on the sidewalks, and children follow behind, ringing the bells on their bicycles. It’s just like a parade!
The house teeters and totters when it turns the first corner, and the crowd cheers when it makes it. Workers remove street signs and trim branches that are in the way. When the house comes to a steep hill, everyone holds their breath until it makes it safely to the bottom. But it isn’t until the house sees its family standing in its new spot that it realizes it’s right where it belongs—with them—and moving isn’t so bad after all.
This story was inspired by the 139-year-old San Francisco Victorian house that was relocated in 2021. Built in 1882, “The Englander House” was originally lit by gas and survived the famous 1906 earthquake. Instead of tearing down the home to build a planned condominium complex, the developer decided to move the 133-ton, eighty-foot-long building. It took almost eight years to plan the move, as fifteen city agencies had to be involved to move parking meters, traffic signs, and overhead utility lines; trim trees; and redirect traffic.