R. Gregory Christie received the Caldecott Honor Award in 2016. He is a three-time recipient of the Coretta Scott King Honor Award for Illustration and a two-time recipient of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year Award. He’s also a recipient of the NAACP’s Image Award, The Boston Globe’s Horn Book Award, and the American Library Associations’ Theodore Seuss Geisel Award in Illustration. He lives in Georgia.