Christopher Denise

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Christopher Denise
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Alma mater Rhode Island School of Design
Occupation(s)Artist and illustrator
Website christopherdenise.com

Christopher Denise is an American artist and author. He illustrated two of Brian Jacques' Redwall picture books. [1] He illustrated the picture books The Great Redwall Feast and A Redwall Winter's Tale . He also illustrated The Redwall Cookbook .

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He wrote and illustrated the children's book Knight Owl which was a 2023 Caldecott Honor book. [2] This book also was chosen by US bookseller 'Barnes & Noble' as a '2022 Book of the Year'.

Denise was born in Ashland, Massachusetts, and raised in Ireland. After returning to the United States he attended St. Lawrence University before leaving to attend the Rhode Island School of Design. [3] He began his artistic career illustrating textbooks and newspapers while a student at RISD. [1]

In addition to illustrating books, he also does visual development work for animated feature films. He and his wife, children's author Anika Denise, lived in Providence, Rhode Island, prior to moving to Barrington, Rhode Island. [3] [4]

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  2. Parravano, Martha V. "The 2023 Caldecott Announcement". The Horn Book. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
  3. 1 2 van Siclen, Bill (1999-10-11). "Art Spotlight - Ireland-raised Providence illustrator is best known for doing kids' stuff" Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine . The Providence Journal (Providence, R.I.). p. D.01. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
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