About Clay

​Like a raccoon in a compost heap, Clay is most content while munching on a good story. They have a particular fondness for buried treasure, grumpy souls, and anything unexpectedly warm and fuzzy. If you are especially good at finding things, you might be able to track them down scribbling on rock-paper in the brackish marshes of Massachusetts or—if it's storming—holed up in a blanket fort with a pile of good books.

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Clay Adamah (they/ze) is the illustrator of Kismet, No!, a board book written by Sara K. Levy, which has been acquired by PJ Publishing. Their illustration is done in Procreate, incorporating traditional media elements.

 

Clay is working towards representation as an author-illustrator of picture books. Their work uses speculative storytelling with folkloric elements to explore themes of subversive joy, diasporic identity, disability ingenuity, and solidarity. 

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Accolades:

• Julie Hedlund's 12 x 12 Challenge Diversity Silver Scholarship (2025)

• PB Rising Stars Honorable Mention (2025)

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Publications

• Kismet, No! (PJ Publishing, 2027), written by Sara K. Levy and illustrated by Clay Adamah

• "Why Do Librarians Wear Glasses?" in Changeling (2024)

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Clay Adamah is a member of SCBWI and the Greater Boston Illustrators Group.

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Fun Stuff

Booklover? Check out some of my favorites here.

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