Peter Sis

Peter Sis

Born in Czechoslovakia in 1949, he studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and at the Royal College of Art in London. In the beginning he made films and in 1986 he began to write and illustrate books for children. For his work he has received multiple awards such as the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Caldecott Medal and six times the Best Illustrated Book of the New York Times Book Review, among others. He currently lives and works in New York.