Christopher Denise
Christopher Denise is an American artist of two of Brian Jacques' Redwall picture books. He illustrated the picture books The Great Redwall Feast and A Redwall Winter's Tale. He also illustrated The Redwall Cookbook.
Denise was born in Ashland, Massachusetts, and raised in Ireland. After returning to the United States he attended St. Lawrence University before leaving to attend the Rhode Island School of Design. He began his artistic career illustrating textbooks and newspapers while a student at RISD. Denise's first book, The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, is a retelling of a Russian fairytale and was said by Publishers Weekly to be "a stunning debut". In addition to illustrating books, he also does visual development work for animated feature films. He and his wife, children's author Anika Denise, lived in Providence, Rhode Island, prior to moving to Barrington, Rhode Island.Illustrated Works
- The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, 1994
- The Great Redwall Feast, 1996
- Little Raccoon Catches a Cold, 1997
- Digger Pig and the Turnip, 2000
- A Redwall Winter's Tale, 2001
- Oliver Finds His Way, 2002
- Rabbit and Turtle Go to School, 2003
- The Wishing of Biddy Malone, 2004
- The Redwall Cookbook, 2005
- Pigs Love Potatoes, 2008
- If I Could: A Mother's Promise, 2008
- Knitty Kitty, 2008
- The Fox and the Gulls, 2009
- Me With You, 2009
- Bella and Stella Come Home, 2010
- Tugg and Teeny 2011
- Tugg and Teeny: That's What Friends Are For 2011
- Tugg and Teeny: Jungle Surprises 2011
- Following Grandfather, 2012
- Baking Day at Grandma's, 2014
- Sleepytime Me, 2014
- Firefly Hollow, 2015
- Lucy's Lovey, 2016
- Groundhug Day, 2017
- Bunny in the Middle, 2019
