Jason Chin

Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin is the author and illustrator of numerous award-winning picture books. His newest book is WATERCRESS by Andrea Wang, received the 2022 Caldecott Medal, a Newbery Honor and APALA Award. His most recent authored title, YOUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE, won the Cook Prize and was a 2020 Horn Book Fanfare title. His book GRAND CANYON received both a Caldecott Honor and a Sibert Honor, and won the 2018 Orbis Pictus Award. He is the author of the award-winning books REDWOODS; ISLAND: A Story of the Galápagos (winner of the 2013 Gryphon Award), and GRAVITY(a Gryphon Honor book). WATER IS WATER, written by Miranda Paul, was a 2016 ALA Notable Book and CORAL REEFS was nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Jason lives in Vermont with his wife, Deirdre Gill, and their two children.