Drew Daywalt
Drew Daywalt is an American filmmaker and author, best known for his work on horror films and for writing the best-selling children’s picture book The Day the Crayons Quit and its sequel The Day the Crayons Came Home, and also The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors.
He has a degree in Creative Writing, and a concentration in Children’s Literature from Emerson College in Boston. He spent years in Holywood writing for Disney and Universal on such beloved shows as Timon & Pumba, Buzz Lightyear, and Woody Woodpecker, and where his animated series The Wacky World of Tex Avery garnered an Emmy nomination.
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Oliver Jeffers
Oliver Jeffers is an artist, designer, illustrator and writer from Northern Ireland (he now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York). His picture books are currently translated into over 36 languages.
In 2007, he was the official illustrator for World Book Day, and he has made art for Newsweek, The New York Times, United Airlines, TED, Nintendo, and has illustrated a number of novels. He also won an Emmy Award in 2010 for his collaborative work with artist and filmmaker Mac Premo.
Lost and Found became his first book made into animation (film). In 2013, Jeffers illustrated the vinyl cover (a drawing of Nelson Mandela) for the U2 song “Ordinary Love”.
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