R. GREGORY CHRISTIE

R. Gregory Christie is an award-winning children’s book illustrator and lecturer with a long track record of creating inspiring art. Selected collaborations include projects with Regina King, Karyn Parsons, Joe Sample, and the estates of Bill Withers, and John Coltrane.

His accolades include a nomination for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, a Caldecott Honor, an NAACP Image Award, and six Coretta Scott King Honor Awards. In 2013, he designed the Kwanzaa Stamp for the United States Postal Service, the New Orleans Jazz Festival poster, and had art featured on New York City’s subway cars for a year. Christie’s lectures on art, diversity and literature are family -friendly and his educational programs are fun and engaging. These art and literacy lectures allow audiences to find a love for books and creativity. He has been a guest speaker at conferences and libraries and teaches after school art programs all over the planet.