
Christopher Denise

Christopher Denise is an American artist of two of Brian Jacques' "Redwall" picture books. He illustrated the picture books "The Great Redwall Feast" and "A Redwall Winter's Tale". He also illustrated "The Redwall Cookbook".
Denise was born in Ashland, Massachusetts, and raised in Ireland. After returning to the United States he attended St. Lawrence University before leaving to attend the Rhode Island School of Design. He began his artistic career illustrating textbooks and newspapers while a student at RISD. Denise's first book, "The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship", is a retelling of a Russian fairytale and was said by "Publishers Weekly" to be "a stunning debut". In addition to illustrating books, he also does visual development work for animated feature films. He and his wife, children's author Anika Denise, lived in Providence, Rhode Island, prior to moving to Barrington, Rhode Island.