Richard Egielski is the illustrator of over forty books for children and he has written and illustrated eight. He studied the art of the picture book with Maurice Sendak at Parson’s School of Design. In 1976 he teamed up with the author Arthur Yorinks and together they created seven picture books, including HEY AL, for which, Richard Egielski, was awarded the 1987 Caldecott Medal by the American Library Association. He also illustrated the popular TUB PEOPLE series by Pam Conrad. In 1995 he wrote and illustrated BUZ which was chosen by the New York Times as one of the ten best illustrated children’s books of that year. His book JAZPER was also chosen as a New York Times Best Illustrated Book in 1998.

His artwork has been exhibited in galleries, colleges and universities from New York to Los Angeles and is in many private, public and corporate collections.