Christina Wald specializes in illustration, toy and giftware design, and product design. She has illustrated over 50 children's books and done artwork for many other books, magazines, packaging and products. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Industrial Design. Her obsessions include travel, reading, comics, audiobooks, movies, good TV, stand up comedy, musicals, game nights, design, animation, urban sketching, sketching, the fantastical and travel. She also teaches illustration at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University.

Awards: Cao Chong Weighs an Elephant written by Songju Ma Daemicke (NSTA Outstanding Trade Book, 2018 Mathical Honor Book and 2018 Notable Social Studies Trade Book), Camas and Sage (Skipping Stones 2016 book award in Nature and Ecology), A Warm Winter Tail (winner of a 2013 Gelett Burgess Award), The Wild Life of Elk (A joint venture between the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and the National Forest Service) (finalist for a 2012 Benjamin Franklin Award), Habitat Spy (winner of a Tillywig Brain Child Award), Henry the Impatient Heron (winner of a 2010 Mom’s Choice Gold Award)

Clients: Scholastic Inc., Graphic Arts Books/West Winds Press, Caracyn Publishing, Bloomsbury UK, Usborne Publishing, Hachette Book Group, Grosset & Dunlap/Penguin for Young Readers, Tek Nek Toys/Encyclopedia Britannica, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation/US Forest Service/Mountain Press, Sylvan Dell/Arbordale Publishing, National Geographic, Parachute Publishing/Running Press Kids, Wild Planet Toys, Oxford University Press, Pearson Publishing, Capstone Publishing/Picture Window, Dinardo Design, Blue Sneaker Press, Publications International, Ltd., Intervisual Books, Pelican Publishing, Storey Publishing, Kaplan Publishing, International Playthings, Walter Foster, Piggy Toes Press, Options Publishing, McGraw-Hill, Jakks Pacific, Play Along Toys, Houghton Mifflin, Bradford Exchange, Mazer Corporation, Latin Finance Magazine, Guideposts, Leapfrog, Inc., Weekly Reader, Dragon Magazine, Wizards of the Coast, Procter and Gamble, Hasbro Toy Group, Hampton-Brown, Warner Brothers Toys