Ilya SpirinIlya Spirin's artwork in his first illustrated book, Ice Bears, by Brenda Z. Guiberson, was described in Booklist as "lush" and in The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books as "soft and moody yet precise, with delicate textring evident in the close-ups." Ilya lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife and young son, Nikolai. Read More Read Less