David Wiesner

• Name — David Wiesner • Birth Name — David Wiesner • Born — 5 February 1956 • Birthplace — Bridgewater Township, New Jersey • Occupation — Illustrator, writer • Period — 1980–present • Genre — Children's picture books • Notable Works — * Free Fall • Tuesday • Sector 7 • The Three Pigs • Flotsam • Mr. Wuffles! • Awards — Caldecott Medal

Wiesner was born and raised in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, and attended Bridgewater-Raritan High School. He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration. Wiesner currently resides outside of Philadelphia with his family.

Wiesner's first book was Honest Andrew, a picture book with text by Gloria Skurzynski, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1980. That year he also illustrated a novel by Avi, Man From the Sky (Knopf, 1980). After illustrating a dozen or more books with other writers, he and his wife Kim Kahng co-wrote Loathsome Dragon, a picture book with his illustrations that G.P. Putnam's published in 1987. Since then Wiesner has created many picture books solo—as writer and illustrator, or stories without words. Free Fall (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1988) was a Caldecott Honor Book, a runner-up for the annual Caldecott Medal, conferred by the American Library Association on the illustrator of the year's best-illustrated picture book. Free Fall was the first example of the predominant style of his solo books, which tell a fantastical, often dream-like story without words, only illustrations. Subsequently he won three Caldecott Medals for solo picture books—Tuesday (1991), The Three Pigs (2001), and Flotsam (2006)—and he was one of the runners-up for Sector 7 (1999) and Mr. Wuffles! (2013). In January 2017, Wiesner had a retrospective art exhibition entitled David Wiesner & the Art of Wordless Storytelling at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. In the exhibition Wiesner showed his work highlights throughout the years of his career.

• 1989 Cover for The Glass Salamander by Ann Downer • 1997 Story and Design for CD-ROM adventure game The Day the World Broke

David Wiesner is recorded with the occupation picture book writer. Recorded with the occupation comics artist. Recorded as writer, illustrator and comics artist.