R. Gregory Christie is an Atlanta-based commercial artist and illustrator with over 20 years of experience and over 50 books to his credit. He currently works as a freelance illustrator and owns GAS-ART Gifts (Gregarious Art Statements). Most recently he won a Coretta Scott King Honor Award for his book Freedom on Congo Square. He won a Coretta Scott King Honor (Illustration) for his first book, The Palm of My Heart: Poetry by African American Children. Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth, was selected as a Coretta Scott King Honor Book and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Other CSK honor awards include The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore and Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan. Visit him at http://gas-art.com.