Born: 1949   Grand Rapids
Parents: Richard and Doris Christiansen Van Allsburg
Spouse: Lisa Morrison
Children: Sophia; Anna
Address(es):
Beverly , MA
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/home.html

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	The misadventures of Sweetie Pie	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston ;New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt	2015
	Queen of the Falls - Recounts the stunt performed by sixty-two-year-old retired charm school instructor Annie Edson Taylor, who went over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel in an effort to gain fame and fortune.	Non Fiction , Adventure , Biography , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Children	2010
	Probuditi!	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	2006
	Zathura : a space adventure	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	2002
	Bad Day at Riverbend	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1995
	The sweetest fig	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1993
	The Widow's Broom	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1992
	4 Strange Stories - Collection of stories: 2 by Chris Van Allsburg, 2 by Tim Wynne Jones.	Fiction	Children	Houghton Mifflin Canada	1992
	The Wretched Stone	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1991
	Just a Dream - (Publication Years: 1990; Scholastic, 1992)	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1990 -1992
	El Expreso Polar - Spanish version of The Polar Express (Publication Years: 1990, 1991)	Fiction	Children	Edicones Ekar	1990
	Swan Lake - Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. Author, Mark Helprin.	Fiction	Adult , Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1989
	Division	Fiction	Children	New York : Random House	1988
	Two Bad Ants	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1988
	The Alphabet Theatre Proudly Presents the Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts - Spoken Arts 1988	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1987
	The Stranger	Fiction , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1986
	The Polar Express - National Braille , 1991; Listening Library 1989; Random House 1988; and others (Publication Years: 1985, 1989)	Fiction	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1985 -1989
	The Mysteries of Harris Burdick	Fiction , Mystery , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1984
	The Wreck of the Zephyr	Fantasy , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1983
	Ben's Dream	Fantasy , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin	1982
	L'Ecole des Loisirs - Article		Children		1982
	Jumanji	Fiction , Fantasy , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company	1981
	The Garden of Abdul Gasazi	Fiction , Fantasy , Picture Book	Children	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company	1979
	Other works: - Many adaptations on cassettes, filmstrips		Children

What is the aim or goal of your writing: born 6/18/1949

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Illustrator

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