A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Don currently resides in Austin, Texas where he works full-time as an illustrator/graphics reporter for the Austin American Statesman. Don lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and son. In his spare time, Don is a gym-rat, having competed (in better fit days) in natural, drug-free bodybuilding.

Books by Don Tate

Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions

written by Chris Barton with illustrations by Don Tate - Biography, Children's 7-10, Nature, Science

Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton

by Don Tate - Children's, Historical Fiction

Hope's Gift

by Kelly Starling Lyons and Don Tate - African American Interest, Children's, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History