Judy Schachner

Judith Byron Schachner is the #1 New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of the wildly popular Skippyjon Jones series. While Judy is best known for creating this lovable Spanish-speaking cat, her twenty-year career in children’s books spans many different genres. Judy tells her readers, “The great thing about my job is that one day I can be writing about history, as I did in Mr. Emerson’s Cook. The next day I’m drawing a wacky old woman for I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie. Or I can bring to life a beloved pet cat in my book The Grannyman.”
Throughout her career she has won numerous awards, including the Carolyn W. Field Award, recognizing the best book for young people by a Pennsylvania author or illustrator; she was also the first-ever recipient of the EB White Read Aloud Award in 2004. Read more about Judy at www.judithbyronschachner.com.