Chris Vallo is an award winning designer and children's illustrator with experience in all curriculums of educational publishing. His clients include Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, LeapFrog, Scholastic, National Geographic Learning, Sourcebooks, Oxford University Press, Zaner-Bloser, Evan-Moor, Mead, Procter & Gamble, and Crayola. In his spare time, Vallo drafts set designs for local theaters. He lives near Columbus, Ohio with his wife and two children.