James E. Ransome was named by the Children's Book Council as one of 75 authors and illustrators everyone should know. Currently a member of the Society of Illustrators, Ransome has received both the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration and the IBBY Honor Award for his book The Creation (Holiday House Inc). He has also received a Coretta Scott King Honor Award for Illustration for Uncle Jed's Barbershop (Simon & Schuster), which was selected as an ALA Notable Book and is currently being shown as a feature on Reading Rainbow. Visit him at www.jamesransome.com.