Mo Willems (www.pigeonpresents.com), a number one New York Timesbest-selling author and illustrator, has been awarded a Caldecott Honor on three occasions (forDon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, andKnuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity). Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was also an inaugural inductee into the Indies Choice Picture Book Hall of Fame. The celebrated Elephant & Piggie early-reader series has been awarded the Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal on two occasions (for There Is a Bird on Your Head!and Are You Ready to Play Outside?) as well as garnering four Honors (forWe Are in a Book!, I Broke My Trunk!, Let's Go for a Drive!and A Big Guy Took My Ball!).
Tony DiTerlizzi (www.diterlizzi.com)
, a number-one
New York Times best-selling author and illustrator, created the middle-grade series
The Spiderwick Chronicles with Holly Black,
which has sold millions of copies, been translated into more than 30 languages and made into a feature film. He won a Caldecott Honor for illustrating
The Spider & The Fly, and in 2014 he teamed up with Lucasfilm to retell the original
Star Wars trilogy in a picture book featuring artwork by Academy award-winning concept artist, Ralph McQuarrie. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts with his wife, daughter and dog, Mimi.
