12 Facts About Jon Klassen

Jon Klassen was born on November 29,1981 and is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books and an animator.

Jon Klassen won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration, recognizing the 2012 picture book This Is Not My Hat, which he wrote.

Jon Klassen is the first person to win both awards for the same work.

Jon Klassen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1981 and grew up in Niagara Falls and Toronto, Ontario.

Jon Klassen studied animation at Sheridan College, graduated in 2005, and moved to Los Angeles.

Jon Klassen worked on animation of the feature films Kung Fu Panda and Coraline and he was art director for the 2009 animated music video of "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" by U2.

In 2010, Jon Klassen achieved international recognition when he was awarded the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration for his work on the picture book Cats' Night Out, written by Carolyn Stutson.

Jon Klassen illustrated The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood, the first novel in a HarperCollins series called The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place along with the second and third, and the first edition hardcover of the fourth novel in the series.

Jon Klassen said of the ending, which has been called a "subversive risk", that "there was no other way for it to end".

Jon Klassen modified the story in a companion book one year later, This Is Not My Hat.

Jon Klassen illustrated The Dark, written by Lemony Snicket, which made the Greenaway Medal shortlist of eight books alongside This Is Not My Hat.

Jon Klassen teamed up with Mac Barnett again in 2014, on a picture book published by Candlewick, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole.