Cinematic illustrator David Wiesner was born on February 5th, in Bridgewater, New Jersey. He was the youngest of five creative children and grew up in a household with abundant art supplies. His imagination was inspired by play, books, and the dinosaurs in The World Book Encyclopedia. He developed a love for detail, an admiration for the creative process, and a curiosity as to whose hand was behind the drawings, inspiring him to study art. Wiesner received a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, where two colleagues, Tom Sgouros and David Macauley, fostered his imaginative spirit.
Wiesner earned his first book contract, for Honest Andrew, the year after graduating. Wiesner has since published more than ten award-winning books, two of them Caldecott Honor Books. Tuesday received the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1992 and The Three Little Pigs was the winner in 2002. Wiesner combines humor and creativeness with playfulness and a wry use of perspective, which solidifies into a detailed, imaginative style of telling stories with pictures.
Wiesner lives and creates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
