Oge Mora is a children's book illustrator and author living in Providence, Rhode Island.
[1] She received a Caldecott Honor,[2] Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent,[3] and Ezra Jack Keats Book Award[4] in 2019 for her book, Thank You, Omu!.
[5] Mora attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
The teacher invited editors and art directors to see the final work and Mora's draft was picked up by publisher Little, Brown and Company[6] and published as Thank You, Omu!.
[7] Her illustrations are created with cut paper, paint, and china markers.