Cecilia Ruiz

Agent: Erica Rand Silverman

Cecilia Ruiz is a Mexican author and illustrator based in New York City. Her clients include the New York Times, Google, Hermès, and Target.

Cecilia has published two illustrated books with Penguin Random House. The Book of Memory Gaps, and The Book of Extraordinary Deaths. A Gift from Abuela, her first picture book published by Candlewick Press, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Her latest picture book, published by Enchanted Lion Books, is Mr. Fiorello’s Head.

Cecilia’s work is anchored in traditional printmaking techniques. Her geometric, stamp-like style lends itself to simple, happy expressions, but her most compelling works are the ones in which melancholy hides within the bold colors and shapes.

Cecilia teaches design and illustration at The School of Visual Arts  and Queens College.

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