David Shannon grew up in Spokane, WA and graduated with a BFA in illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. In 1983 he moved to New York City and began his career as a free-lance editorial illustrator. David’s work appeared in many publications, including Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times, as well as numerous book jackets and posters.
read moreIn 1988 he began illustrating children’s books and has since written and/or illustrated over 40 picture books, including the bestsellers A Bad Case Of Stripes, Duck On A Bike, Alice The Fairy and the semi-autobiographical, No, David!, which received a Caldecott Honor in 1999. His latest books are Mr. Nogginbody Gets A Hammer (Norton Young Readers) and Roy Digs Dirt (Blue Sky Press/Scholastic, INC)
