Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg

Born Jun 18,1949
East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Writing

Chris Van Allsburg is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji and The Polar Express, both of which he wrote and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He also wrote and illustrated Zathura which was also adapted to film.