It?s not uncommon to meet multitalented people, but when you meet someone who is a

It?s not uncommon to meet multitalented people, but when you meet someone who is a jack-of-all-trades and truly a master of it all, you take notice. Oliver Jeffers is just that: talented artist, author, painter, illustrator, storyteller, bookmaker and filmmaker, and he is brilliant with every medium he touches.
The Belfast, Northern Ireland native has been making waves (literally, you have to check out Oliver?s series on water and depth, Fathom Seascapes) in New York for almost a decade now, but will never claim that it has been a one-man show. ?My studio is probably where I spend most of my waking hours. I have a team of people who help me: Hannah, Patrick, sometimes Steve, and Hayley is new to the team. The show is run by my wife Suzanne (so that I just get to draw the pictures) and our dog Scampi is Head of Security. I do a lot of very differing, often ambitious projects, and none of it is accomplished alone, it?s a team effort.? An effort that has produced numerous works that are constantly winning awards and praise from around the world, and he isn?t slowing down any time soon. With a recent exhibition at Bryce Wolkowitz studio in Chelsea, the release of the first-ever illustrated version of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas for its 10-year anniversary and the recently released A Child of Books (which the NYT called “a fresh and fascinating collaboration between two gifted mastersR...