Suzanne Del Rizzo

Suzanne Del Rizzo has always loved getting her hands messy. She traded her job in scientific research for a career in children’s illustration with her first picture book, Skink on the Brink, which won the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award and was a finalist for the Rainforest of Reading Award. Known for her dimensional illustrations that use Plasticine, polymer clay, and other mixed media to bring rich texture and imagination to her books, Suzanne is adding “author” to her resumé with MY BEAUTIFUL BIRDS, a 2017 New York Times notable book, winning the Malka Penn Award for Haman Rights in Children's Literature, 2018 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, and others,shortlisted for the Marilyn Baillie Picture book award and the Sylvia and Ruth Schwartz Award. Suzanne’s illustrations are featured in her most recent picture books SUN DOG, and BEFORE YOU WERE BORN, both written by Deborah Kerbel, published by Pajama Press. Her latest picture book as author, GOLDEN THREADS, illustrated bu Miki Sato, published by Owlkids Books will be available in April 2020. She lives in Oakville, Ontario.