Do you love bookstores? Saturday is Independant bookstore day!   It is the perfect day to stop in and browse all of the new titles out thi...

Images from Knight Owl When creating a scene for a picture book I take a good amount of time developing convincing and well-thought-out envi...

Knight Owl by Christopher Denise Great news this week! Knight Owl debuted in the #3 position on the Indie Next Best seller List! Thank you #...

Click here to register! I will be doing my first in-person book event in a VERY long time at An Unlikely Story in Plainville Massachusetts ...

Detail from Knight Owl by Christopher Denise  KNIGHTS! Coming soon….. Knight Owl, March 2022. Message me for info on getting signed bookpla...

It could be easy to believe that we (Illustrators & Writers) hang around all day sipping tea and waiting for inspiration. Just for the r...

The Redwall Sketchbooks Collectors Print #9. Available at my ETSY shop. Link below. When Brian Jacques gave me the manuscript for “A Redwall...

I restarted this bog so that I would have a space to post longer-form content and highlight other bits that I was excited about.  Some Anika...

"Knight Owl" by Christopher Denise   Illustrator question: What do you do when your character lives in a medievalesque time of “Yo...

Knight Owl by Christopher Denise It all starts with a blank page.  After 30 years of illustrating picture books for amazing authors like Bri...