James E. Ransome

James E. Ransome is the illustrator of many children's books, including The Creation, which won the Coretta Scott King award for illustration; ALA Notable Book Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell; and Let My People Go by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack, which one the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work for Children. A visiting professor at Pratt Institute, he believes that "each book has a special voice." The Children's Book Council named him one of 75 authors and illustrators everyone should know.

Lesa and James live in the Hudson River Valley region of New York with their three children, Jaime, Maya, and Malcolm, and their dalmation, Clinton.

From the dust jacket of Satchel Paige