Chris Raschka (Illustrator)

Chris Raschka is an American author, illustrator, and violist born on March 6, 1959, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, who has created or illustrated over 50 children's books since 1990. He is a two-time Caldecott Medal winner, honored in 2006 for illustrating The Hello, Goodbye Window and in 2012 for his book A Ball for Daisy. Raschka, who studied biology at St. Olaf College before pursuing art, currently lives in New York City.