G Brian Karas

G. Brian Karas was born in Milford, Connecticut. After graduating from Paier School of Art with highest honors, he worked as a greeting card artist at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, Missouri. After three years he moved to New York and began freelancing as a commercial illustrator. His first illustrated book was published in 1983 (Home on the Bayou, which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor), and he has since illustrated more than 50 books for children. His first book as an author-illustrator received a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor in 1997.