Klaas Verplancke is an author, illustrator, animator, and professor of illustration who was won acclaim for his work in the New Yorker and the New York Times, as well as for the Museum of Modern Art and other international venues. A finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration and a frequent nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, he lives in Belgium. His books have won the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi Award and been selected for the White Raven and IBBY Honor lists.

Visit him at klaas.be / @klaas_verplancke_official