Raúl The Third is a New York Times bestselling and three-time Pura Belpre award-winning illustrator, author, and artist living in Boston. Vamos! Let’s Cross the Bridge was awarded one of the year’s Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2021 from the New York Times and the New York Public Library. His work centers around the contemporary Mexican-American experience and his memories of growing up in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
¡Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market! is Raúl’s first authorial project, which he wrote and illustrated, and was colored by Elaine Bay. It was awarded a Pura Belpré Honor by the American Library Association and Reforma. Vamos! Let’s Go Eat was awarded the Pura Belpré Award in Illustration by the American Library Association and Reforma.
Lowriders in Space was nominated for a Texas Bluebonnet award in 2016-2017, and Raúl was awarded the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for Illustration by the American Library Association for Lowriders to the Center of the Earth. Lowriders Blast from the Past and Lowriders to the Rescue are the third and fourth books in the series. He was also a contributor to the SpongeBob Comics series.
He is the co-creator of Strollercoaster with Matthew Ringler and Elaine Bay from Little Brown and Company.
With award-winning author Jason Reynolds, Raúl the Third has illustrated the New York Times best-selling books Stuntboy in the Meantime and Stuntboy In-Between Time.
Raúl the Third and Elaine Bay are currently working on their latest graphic novel series, The Snips, with Little Brown and Company.
Funded through the generous support of the Gene R. Cohen Charitable Foundation.