Chris Van Dusen

Writer & Illustrator of Children's Picture Books; Illustrator of the "Mercy Watson" Series by Kate DiCamillo

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Chris Van Dusen Biography

Chris Van Dusen is the author-illustrator of "The Circus Ship" and the illustrator of the best-selling "Mercy Watson" books by Kate DiCamillo.

After high school, he studied fine art at The University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and graduated with a BFA in 1982. Eventually he started drawing cartoons and illustrations for a magazine and his career as an illustrator was born.

For more than ten years he worked as a freelance illustrator specializing in art for kids. Van Dusen was doing mostly editorial work and his illustrations appeared in magazines like Nickelodeon, Family Fun and Disney Adventures.

One day he started thinking about drawing a picture of a boat stuck high up in a tree. At the same time, a refrain kept running through his head - “Mr. Magee and his little dog, Dee/ Hopped in the car and drove down to the sea”. The combination of these two things eventually became Van Dusen's first book, “Down to the Sea with Mr. Magee” which was published in 2000. He's been busy writing and illustrating children’s books ever since.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 10/04/2024.

Chris Van Dusen Videos

  • If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen
    Jack has designed the ultimate car. Inspired by zeppelins and trains, Cadillacs and old planes with brilliant colours and lots of shiny chrome, this...
  • Chris Van Dusen: 2017 National Book Festival
    Chris Van Dusen discusses "Hattie & Hudson" at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Speaker Biography: Chris...
  • Five Questions (Plus One!) with Chris Van Dusen

Chris Van Dusen Books

  • The Circus Ship
    The Circus Ship
  • If I Built a Car
    If I Built a Car
  • A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee
    A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee

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