Bio
E.B. Lewis is the award-winning illustrator of numerous books for children, including “Coming on Home Soon” (a Caldecott Honor Book), “Talkin’ About Bessie” (a Coretta Scott King Award winner), and “The Bat Boy and His Violin” (a Coretta Scott King Honor book). In 2003, the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota purchased a collection of original watercolors from Lewis’s first 50 children’s books. Today, his works are displayed in museums, owned by private collectors, and sold by art galleries throughout the United States and Europe. He lives in New Jersey.