Cindy DerbyCindy Derby is an author and illustrator of many critically acclaimed books for children, including Outside In, written by Deborah Underwood, which received a Caldecott Honor as well as five starred reviews. NPR has called her illustratons “mesmerizing,” and The New York Times regards her work as “profound…alive…and wonderfully out of control.” Cindy’s books have been translated all over the world and have also been awarded a Golden Kite Honor for Picture Book Illustration, a Crystal Kite Award, and international awards such as France’s Philosophia Jeunesse Prize, Brazil’s UNESCO Reading Chair award, and the Alpaca Award (bronze medal) in Japan’s Kembuchi Picture Book Awards. She lives with her family in San Francisco. Read More Read Less