Billy Sharff is an author who writes picture books and poems for kids of all ages. He is the author of When Santa Came to Stay, illustrated by Eda Kaban (Penguin Dial, 2022), Joan in the Cone, illustrated by Hala Tahboub (Penguin Dial, 2025), and Robot’s First Snow, illustrated by Hannah Abbo (Sourcebooks, 2025), as well as a yet-to-be-announced picture book with Penguin Dial. He received a commendation for the Caterpillar Poetry Prize in 2019.​

 

Billy lives in the woods of New Hampshire with his wife and two children. He works in close collaboration with his brother, Aaron Sharff, who helps guide and shape his stories. When he’s not writing, he makes movies, writes songs, and visits every bookstore he can find. 

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He is represented by Jill Grinberg Literary Management.

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