Lane Smith
has received the Lifetime Achievement award from the Society of Illustrators and has been honored by the Eric Carle Museum for “lifelong innovation in the field of children's books.” He is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestseller It’s a Book which has been translated into over twenty-five languages and he has written and illustrated lots of other stuff like Grandpa Green, which was a 2012 Caldecott Honor book and There Is a Tribe of Kids, which won the Kate Greenaway medal in 2017. His titles with Jon Scieszka include the Caldecott Honor winner The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, both ranked among the 100 best all-time picture books by TIME magazine. Lane’s books have been New York Times Best Illustrated Books on five occasions.
Lane and book designer Molly Leach live in rural Connecticut.
He is represented by Steven Malk of Writers House.
Molly Leach
has designed tons of books including The 50th Anniversary edition of A Wrinkle in Time; the Joey Pigza series of books by Jack Gantos; Bloom by Maria van Lieshout; the treasury, Your Favorite Seuss; The Stinky Cheese Man; Squids Will Be Squids; Seen Art?; Baloney (Henry P.); Math Curse; Science Verse, by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith; Pilobolus: The Human Alphabet by John Kane; James and the Giant Peach: The Book and Movie Scrapbook by Lucy Dahl; Purr and Speak by Michael J. Rosen; Spooky ABC by Eve Merriam and Lane Smith; Baby! Talk! By Penny Gentieu; Exploring Space; Insects; Pilgrims of Plymouth; A Tree for All Seasons, by the National Geographic Society; and the complete Puffin library of Roald Dahl books.
To learn more about Molly, read Design Matters or this interview on The Horn Book Inc. website. Or watch this video about Molly on YouTube.