Eileen Christelow
Biography
Eileen Christelow
Eileen Christelow, author and Illustrator of many popular picture books for children, was born in Washington DC. She grew up there and in Connecticut. She attended high school in Japan and Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She worked as a freelance photographer and graphic designer in both Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Berkeley, California. She also lived for a year in Cornwall, England while her husband was apprenticing to potter, Michael Cardew. Her daughter, Heather, was born that year. She currently lives in Vermont with her husband and dog, Emma, who is our website interviewer and the inspiration for the Desperate Dog books. Her daughter is grown and lives in Chicago.
Eileen Christelow
