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Kathryn Otoshi is a children's book author and illustrator
living in the San Francisco Bay Area. By day she works
at Robert Zemeckis's award winning film company, Imagemovers
Digital (Monster House, Polar Express). Prior
to this, Otoshi worked at George Lucas's Industrial
Light & Magic (Star Wars) as the Graphic Design
and Multimedia Art Director, where she led a team of
designers to create hundreds of promotional pieces.
Otoshi's first book as author and illustrator was What
Emily Saw, a Borders Original New Voice Nominee
and BAIPA's Best Children's Book. This was followed
by Simon & the Sock Monster, short listed as
a USA Book News Honoree, and The Saddest Little Robot
(2004), a BookSense Pick. She teamed up with author
Liz Hockinson and created the illustrations for Marcello
the Movie Mouse (2005). Marcello garnered the Writer's
Digest Award for Best Children's Book, the DIY Best
Children's Book, the Hollywood Book Festival Award,
and the Eric Hoffer Notable.
Her newest book, One, a Nautilus Gold Winner,
IPPY Gold Winner and ABC's shortlist pick for the E.B.
White Best Read Aloud Book, is an anti-bullying book
introducing colors, numbers, and counting while playing
on larger themes of tolerance, acceptance, and the power
of one voice.
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