Rudy Gutierrez

Rudy Gutierrez is the illustrator of many picture books, including Carlos Santana: Sound of the Heart, Song of the World, and Papa and Me, for which he received the Pura Belpre Honor for Illustration. He is the recipient of a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators as a Distinguished Educator in the Arts and the Américas Book Award for Pelé King of Soccer, among other honors. Rudy teaches at the Pratt Institute and lives in Bogota, New Jersey.