American children's author and illustrator (born 1957)
Eric Rohmann (born October 26, 1957) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He is a graduate of Illinois State University and Arizona State University. He won the 2003 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing "My Friend Rabbit", and he was a runner-up in 1995 for "Time Flies". Rohmann also won the Sibert Medal as the illustrator (with his wife, Candace Fleming, as the author), for "Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera."
In 2015, he created a popular series based on a bulldozer that began with "Bulldozer’s Big Day".
Personal life.
Rohmann was raised one of three children and currently lives and works in Illinois. He was not a big reader as a child, instead seeing the world in images. Rohmann is married to Candace Fleming and the couple have collaborated on projects including "Oh, No!". He is partial to coffee, popcorn, and Delacroix’s The Death of Sardanapalus.
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