GREAT BIBLE STORIES HC

About the Author
Ben Alex is an award winning published author and a photographer of children's books. Some of his published credits include Fables of Spiritual Wisdom: From around the World, Great Men and Women of the Bible, Joseph: The Boy who Learned to Handle His Dream (Men and Women in the Bible Series), and David: The Brave Shepherd Boy who Became a Great King (Men and Women in the Bible Series). Ben is an author of almost forty books, ranging from Christian children s books to biographies, inspirational and adult spirituality books. He has received the C.S. Lewis Gold Medal for best Christian children s book in the U.S. He is also the art director and designer of most of Scandinavia Publishing House s illustrated books. Ben grew up in Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 50 s and 60 s with a solid background in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He has also been involved in the charismatic and ecumenical movements. For many years he lived in California and Oregon but resides now in Denmark with his wife. He has six children.
About the Illustrator:
José Pérez Montero is an award-winning illustrator and painter who has illustrated more than seventy children's books. He started selling his paintings at the age of thirteen, and has studied at the San Fernando and Circulo Schools of Fine Arts in Madrid. His landscape and portrait paintings have hung in numerous exhibitions throughout Spain. During the last thirty years he has drawn illustrations for comics, advertising and textbooks, but he is most known for his illustrations of children's books which have been published in over forty countries. His work was selected for exhibition at the Society of Illustrators "Illustrator 38" exhibition 1993-1998. He lives in Spain with his wife, two sons and grandchildren. During the 1999 Frankfurt World Book Fair, José Pérez Montero was awarded the East-European Christian Literature Award.