Artists at Play

New York Times bestselling author and illustrator, Tony DiTerlizzi, has been creating children’s books for over twenty years. From fanciful picture books like The Spider & The Fly (a Caldecott Honor book), to chapter books likeThe Search for WondLa, DiTerlizzi imbues his stories with rich imagination. With Holly Black, he created the middle-grade series, The Spiderwick Chronicles, which has sold over 20 million copies, been adapted into a feature film, and translated in over thirty countries.

Deborah Freedman was an architect once-upon-a-time, but now she prefers building worlds in picturebooks. She is the author and illustrator of 11 of them, featuring protagonists that include an earthworm searching for its purpose in life, a house that dreams of its origins, and a character that is almost too shy to appear in its own book. Her stories have been translated into ten different languages, adopted in classrooms across the country, and honored with many starred reviews and awards. She daydreams and makes books in her colorful home in Connecticut.

E. B. Goodale is the author/illustrator of The Moon Remembers, Under the Lilacs, and Also, which is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard and an ALSC Notable Book. She has illustrated a number of other picture books including Windows and Here and Now, both by Julia Denos, and The Bees of Notre Dame by Meghan P. Browne.