Thanks for visiting this page and for investigating a little bit more about me and my books. As and author AND illustrator, I often have the terrific job of illustrating a story for someone else. I spent most of my elementary school years living in Anchorage, Alaska so I have a special (although certainly not exclusive) place in my heart for all of my polar bear/arctic oriented books!Illustrating several books a year keeps me very busy, but I also love sharing my work with schools and libraries around the country. I also write/illustrate a weekly comic for my local newspaper, and you can check out weekly updates at www.hartspass.com.Stay tuned for Eric Kimmel's crowd-pleasing RUNAWAY TORTILLA (Graphic Arts) this September, and then for my own new title, LATER, GATOR! (Sterling) in fall 2016.GRRR! Write on!Erik