Francis Vallejo is an award-winning, Detroit native, American artist whose works have been exhibited in major national publications, art galleries, and museums. Vallejo earned his Bachelor’s degree from Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida and his M.A. from Savannah College of Art + Design in Savannah, Georgia. He has since created artworks for a host of notable clients and exhibits. Vallejo’s “Jazz Day,” written by Roxane Orgill and published by Candlewick Press, was the recipient of the 2016 Boston Globe Horn Book award for best Picture Book. His newest illustrated book “Anansi Boys” written by Neil Gaiman and published by The Folio Societ has won Spectrum Gold, the D&AD Pencil Award, and other awards. He is an Assistant Professor of Illustration at the College for Creative Studies.