s a child Ross MacDonald was admonished repeatedly to stop doodling and apply himself, but alas, he continues to ignore the warnings to this very day.

His illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal, The London Sunday Telegraph, Atlantic Monthly and Harpers. Ross has written and illustrated humor pieces for Newsweek, Time, Mother Jones, The New York Times Op Ed page, and others.

He has also worked as a prop designer and as a consultant on period printing, design, and documents for many movies including Seabiscuit, Van Helsing, The Alamo, The Book of Eli, National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, The Adjustment Bureau and the HBO series In Treatment and Boardwalk Empire.

Ross’ work has been honored in many competitions of design and illustration, including American Illustration, Print Regional Design Annual, Communication Arts, The Society of Publication Designers, the AIGA, and The Society of Illustrators, and was the subject of a one man retrospective at the New York Times.

He has written and illustrated three picture books, all published by Roaring Brook Press: Another Perfect Day, Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet, and Bad Baby. In addition, he has illustrated Hey Batta Batta Swing! The Wild Old Days of Baseball by Sally Cook and James Charlton (Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster), Bye-Bye, Crib by Alison McGhee (Paula Wiseman Books / Simon & Schuster), Boys of Steel by Marc Tyler Nobleman (Alfred A Knopf), Grumpy Grandpa by Heather Henson (Atheneum), and the upcoming Hit The Road, Jack by Robert Burleigh (Abrams).

He also has and adult humor book In and Out with Dick and Jane (Abrams), written with James Victore. He was awarded a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators for one of the illustrations.

Ross is currently working on a couple of kids books, a graphic novel, and the third season of Boardwalk Empire.

Born and raised in Canada, he lives in Connecticut with his wife, two children, two dogs, four cats, and a large collection of 19th century type and printing equipment.