Chris Van Allsburg

Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for Jumanji and The Polar Express, both of which he also wrote and both of which won him a Caldecott Medal for picture book illustration. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. Both medal-winning books were later adapted into motion pictures, and his other books include The Chronicles of Harris Burdick.