About

Hollie Michaels is an author, illustrator and director. She grew up in South Florida, and moved to Chicago to attend Columbia College Chicago where she majored in film Directing and Screen Writing. Since then she has worked / lived in L.A., NYC, and London working in theater, film, and TV!

Hollie went back to school to get a masters in Playwriting from City University of London and another in Educational Theater from City College of New York! She has run many wonderful school theater programs, before focusing on her family, writing and illustrating career full time. Currently, Hollie lives in New England with her two human kids, two fur babies, and husband. 

As someone who is neurodiverse, Hollie see’s the world a little differently. She took a winding road to creating books and plays for young people. It took some time to notice that she had been doing it all along. (Read the bonus below and click on the link to her short film Piggy, which she wrote and directed back in the early 2000s when she lived in windy Chicago.)

As a playwright, Hollie has had various plays performed in and around New York City. But her most well-known play is Children of Hooverville, published with YouthPLAYS. It continues to have performances at middle schools around the country. You can see one of those performances (here). 

Making a picture book, a graphic novel, and a chapter book is a lot like putting on a play. That’s where Hollie’s voice as a director, producer, writer, designer, and artist shines bright. All the many hats she wore in working in theater and film, and with kids – have merged to create the artists she is today. 

Awards / Honors

Cornerstone Writer-in-Residence Program -2024 Finalist

PBparty finalist illustrator showcase 2024

Tassy Walden Award for New Voices – Illustration Portfolio 2023

RUCCL Mentee – 2023

Published Books

Golda and Ezra Series: Capstone 2025 (Stay tuned for more!)

PETS

Let’s be honest, this is what you came here for.

These two will not disappoint.

This is Oberon. We call him Obbie. (If you want to know more about his personality, look up the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. He’s named after one of the characters.)

Now we have Benny. He’s a Corgi!

He’s a… wind in his fur… big stick don’t care… I’m the cutest and you know it… kind of a dog.

A Tiny Bit More:

Hollie’s other works are under her maiden name, Hollie Rosenberg. ( IMDB for that time she worked on a gameshow. )

Scraps, a full-length play has had a reading at Urban Stages (Off B’way) and a workshop at City University of London.

Spoiled Cherries has had a production at the Manhattan Repertory Theater, and Narrows Community Theater.

10 Going On 30 had a production at Adaptive Arts,

Dirty Laundry On The Crazy Girl’s Line has had a production Riant Theater’s Strawberry One-Act Festival (as a Semi-Finalist), and is published in Best of The Strawberry One-Act Festival Vol. 4.

Bedpan Palace had a production at The Brooklyn Heights Players.

As a Director, I have had productions at The Producers Club, The Brooklyn Lyceum, TSI/PlayTime Series, Brooklyn One, Hudson Shakespeare Company of NJ, Manhattan Repertory Theater Company, The Heights Players Theater, and The Public Theater as part of a night of US / UK exchange Cabaret produced by Old Vic New Voices Network.