It's been thirty years since the publication of Chris Van Allsburg's debut children's book, 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.' His is a peculiarly unique vision - the stories, and particularly the illustrations, convey a sense of melancholic intimacy rare in any fiction. Van Allsburg is an artist, a sculptor. He uses this artistic sensibility to create magical worlds, imperfectly realised, where each page is; not unlike the precisely unsettling fiction of Shirley Jackson, slightly at odds with its predecessor - doors that will not shut. Further information can be found on chrisvanallsburg.com
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