Joe Morse is an award-winning illustrator whose work has earned over 200 international honors and has been exhibited in Italy, the United States, and Canada. His illustrations have been commissioned for editorials, posters, billboards, coins, apparel, and books, with clients including Apple News, Universal Pictures, Nike, Coca-Cola, Guinness, the NBA, MLB, Forbes, The New York Times, and The Folio Society.

His illustrated picture books have twice been nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Award, including Go Show the World: A Celebration of Indigenous Heroes by Wab Kinew. He also collaborated closely with Toni Morrison on the only illustrated edition of Beloved.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Joe directs the Illustration degree program at Sheridan College.

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