Javier Zabala

Javier Zabala (1) is a Spanish illustrator who was born in Leon Spain in 1962. He studied Illustration and Graphic Design at Oviedo School of Arts and School of Arts of Madrid, where he moved in 1984. He started to work as an illustrator in various fields: magazines, advertising, cartoons… Since then, he works for the most important Spanish publishers and some of the most prestigious in Europe, Latin America and Asia. He has illustrated more than 80 books of poetry and fiction for children. some of them written by himself. His books have been translated into 16 languages. He has illustrated texts by Cervantes, Shakespeare, García Lorca, Rodari, Melville, Chejov, Van Gogh. He has two books listed in Library Thing so far: Madrid for Children and Un drago troppo solo.