Christian Robinson is an award-winning illustrator of books for young readers, including Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker and his Newbery Medal and Caldecott Honor book Last Stop on Market Street, which was a New York Times bestseller.

Christian is also an animator and has previously worked with both the Sesame Street Workshop and Pixar Animation Studios. He lives in San Francisco, USA.

Christian Robinson’s books for young readers include Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker by Patricia Hruby Powell, which was a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book as well as a Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book; Harlem’s Little Blackbird by Renée Watson,

which was an NAACP Image Award nominee; and Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña, which earned four starred reviews, was a New York Times bestseller, and won the 2016 Newbery Medal, a 2016 Caldecott Honor, and a 2016 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor.

Christian’s recent book Leo: A Ghost Story, written by Mac Barnett, also received four starred reviews.