Steve Light (born March 19, 1970) is an American author, storyteller, and illustrator of children's books.

He created illustrations for companies such as AT&T, Sony Films, Absolut Vodka, and the New York Times Book Review.

Light then returned to Candlewick Press to write and illustrate The Christmas Giant[6] which received a Publishers Weekly starred review.

Light lives in Manhattan with his wife and cat, and when he is not writing or illustrating books, he is teaching at Temple Shaaray Tefilla Nursery school in New York City.

Light has told stories from his books and storyboxes in the Milwaukee Art Museum, as well as many libraries and schools in the Tri-State Area.