Mordicai Gerstein

Mordicai Gerstein is the award winning author and illustrator who received the 2004 Caldecott Medal for The Man Who Walked Between the Towers. In addition to writing and illustrating books for children, Mordicai Gerstein is a painter, sculptor, and prize-winning designer and director of animated films.

Born in Los Angeles, Gerstein attended the Chouinard Institute of Art before moving to New York City where he lived and worked for twenty-five years making animated films for television.

In 1971, Mordicai collaborated with author Elizabeth Levy to create the 'Something Queer is Going On' series of mystery books for Delacorte Press.

Gerstein began writing and illustrating his own books in 1980. His books are wide-ranging in subject, style, and the age groups addressed, from contemporary fantasy and Biblical retellings, to biography and absurd alphabets, for preschoolers, high schoolers, and even adults.

Mordicai Gerstein lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, Susan Yard Harris, who is also an illustrator. He lives in Northhampton, Massachusetts

Website: http://www.mordicaigerstein.com/