Tony DiTerlizzi
Children Pavilion
2:30 - 3 pm
Book Signing
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Tony DiTerlizzi was a successful fantasy artist before he fulfilled a childhood dream of writing and illustrating books for children. His spooky picture book The Spider and the Fly (2002) was a Caldecott Honor Medal winner and New York Times best-seller, and The Spiderwick Chronicles series (Simon & Schuster, 2003-2004), co-created with Holly Black, is based on an idea he had in the works for 20 years. DiTerlizzi’s latest project, Kenny and the Dragon (2008), marks DiTerlizzi’s debut as a chapter book writer. He is also the illustrator of The Wyrm King (2009), the final book in the Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles series co-created with Holly Black. DiTerlizzi lives in Massachusetts.