Mo Williams Books

My name is Mo Williams, an American writer and illustrator born on February 11, 1968, in Des Plaines, Illinois, and raised in New Orleans. I studied film and animation at New York University and worked as a writer and illustrator on Sesame Street from 1994 to 2002, winning six Emmy Awards. My first children's book, *Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!*, was published in 2003, for which I received the Caldecotte Medal of Honor. I created beloved characters such as Elephant & Piggie and Knuffle Bunny. I have received three Caldecotte Medals of Honor, two Theodore Seuss Geisel Awards, and six Emmy Awards. My books have been translated into more than 25 languages. In 2019, I became the first Artist in Residence for Education at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and I currently live in Massachusetts with my wife and daughter.