Gabi Swiatkowska

About the Author

Gabi Swiatkowska is the illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including If You Like Butterflies, which received multiple starred reviews and was a NSTA-CBC Outstanding Trade Science Book; Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter, which was a NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book; and My Name Is Yoon, which was an Ezra Jack Ketas Award winner and an ALA Notable Book. She was born in Poland and attended the Lyceum of Art in Bielsko-Biala, as well as the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City. She lives in France.