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Mordicai Gerstein

Art, Children

Mordicai Gerstein was an American artist, writer, and film director, best known for illustrating and writing children's books. He was the author and illustrator of The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, winner of the Caldecott Medal. 


Festival Years: 2008
Katherine Paterson
  • Children, Young Adult
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
  • Children, Graphic Novel, Illustration, Memoir, Young Adult
Gary D. Schmidt
  • Children, Fiction, Young Adult
Kevin Young
  • Poetry
Mitali Perkins
  • Children, Fiction, Young Adult
Kate DiCamillo
  • Children, Young Adult
Nikki Grimes
  • Art, Children, Fiction, Illustration, Music, Photography, Poetry, Spirituality, Stage, Young Adult
Krista Tippett
  • Journalism, Podcast, Theology
Anthony Doerr
  • Fiction
Min Jin Lee
  • Fiction
Luci Shaw
  • Poetry, Publishing, Spirituality
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