Meet the author

Dan Santat.

Writer & illustrator · United States · b. 1975

Dan Santat: Caldecott- and National-Book-Award-winning American picture-book and graphic-novel maker — The Adventures of Beekle, After the Fall, A First Time for Everything — for ages 4–12.

Dan Santat is an American author-illustrator born in 1975, best known for The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend (2014, Caldecott Medal) and the National-Book-Award-winning memoir graphic novel A First Time for Everything. Santat's body of work includes picture books (After the Fall, Drawn Together with Minh Lê), illustrator credits across many contemporary picture books, and the Sidekicks graphic novel. His style is bright, character-driven and emotionally precise, with strong skill at depicting children in moments of big feeling. A core contemporary American picture-book and graphic-novel maker for ages 4–12.