Kim La Fave grew up in North Vancouver and is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art in Calgary.  He has completed additional studies at the Illustrator’s Workshop in Tarrytown, New York.  Kim has illustrated many award-winning books for children including ”Amos’s Sweater” by Janet Lunn, which won the Governor Generals Literary Award, Amelia Francis Howard-Gibbon Illustration Award, and the Ruth Schwartz Award.  He works from his home and studio in Roberts Creek.