James Gurney

James Gurney is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Dinotopia book series, which has been translated into eighteen languages and is available in thirty-two countries. He designed the "World of Dinosaurs" commemorative stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and has worked for National Geographic magazine, painting reconstructions of the Moche, Kushite, and Etruscan civilizations. His unique blend of reality and fantasy has earned him the Hugo, Chesley, Spectrum, and World Fantasy Awards. An exhibition of Dinotopia illustrations began at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and was recently displayed at a museum in Massachusetts. Gurney lives in New York State with his wife, their two sons, and a blue parrot—a living descendant of dinosaurs.