2003 Writer Award Winner
Shirin Yim Bridges
Ruby's Wish
Chronicle Books
Fun Facts
Shirin Yim Bridges
From: Malaysia; Live: Silicon Valley
6 Word Memoir: Read, write, paint; Always doing two.
Activities: I travel and learn languages. Right now, it's Greek.
Neat or messy: I am neat. They say creative people are messy, but I hope I prove otherwise, because the first thing I do when I get up is make my bed!
Other Awards:
- Top 10 Children's Book by TIME/CNN (2008): Umbrella Queen
- Top 10 Nonfiction Series for Youth by the ALA (2012): The Thinking Girl's Treasury of Dastardly Dames
- International Reading Association Children's Choice Award (2013): Horrible Hauntings
Upcoming: Get Up, Elizabeth, September 9, 2020.×2003 Illustrator Award Winner
Sophie Blackall
Ruby's Wish
Chronicle Books
Fun Facts
Sophie Blackall
From: Australia; Now: Brooklyn, New York
6 Word Memoir: Never enough hours in the day.
Activities: Raising ducklings, building stone walls, scouring flea markets, visiting writers' houses...
Distraction: I am very lucky to share a studio in Brooklyn with three other picture book makers, Brian Floca, Rowboat Watkins and Douglas Salati. When I'm not there I'm in the Catskill Mountains where I'm building a retreat for children's book people in an old dairy farm, called Milkwood.
Other Awards:
- Finding Winnie, 2016 Caldecott Medal
- Hello Lighthouse, 2019 Caldecott Medal
- Meet Wild Boars, Society of Illustrators Founder's Award
Upcoming: If you Come to Earth, Chronicle Books September 2020.×
