Illustrator Lisa Fields Wins a Christopher Award for children's book

White Plains, New York based illustrator Lisa Fields won a Christopher Award for When I Talk to God, I Talk About You, (Preschool and up, Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House). The book was written by Chrissy Metz, star of the hit NBC television show This Is Us, and Bradley Collins, both from Nashville, Tenn. It is one of 12 books for adults and young people as the Christopher Awards program marks its 75th year.

The book introduces children to prayer and lovingly depicts the parent-child bond through tender images of rabbits, otters, and other animals that describe the many things they pray to God for as their little ones grow right before their eyes.

Lisa Fields received her BFA in illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design. She loves to focus on expression and light in her illustrations. Lisa is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of When I Talk to God, I Talk About You. She currently lives in New York where she is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

Chrissy Metz found critical acclaim portraying the heart centered Kate Pearson in NBC’s award-winning series “This Is Us”. In addition to this New York Times best-selling picture book, she is a New York Times bestselling author of her memoir, This is Me: Learning to Love Yourself for Who You Are Today.

Bradley Collins is a songwriter and creative community advocate. He has worked to protect and expand creators' rights through a decades-long career spanning artist and songwriter development, music publishing, and more. In addition to his collaboration with Chrissy Metz writing children’s books, these days he uses the one-liners and stories that songwriters have loved and trusted for years to write country songs. He spends most days in writer rooms and penning new music.

Christopher Awards were also given to creators of 11 TV/Cable shows and feature films.

The Awards celebrate authors, and illustrators as well as writers, producers and directors whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit” and reflects the Christopher motto, “It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.”

Tony Rossi, The Christophers’ Director of Communications, said, “We’re often told that we can better understand a person if we walk a mile in their shoes. While that may not be physically possible, our book, film, and TV winners allow us to do that through engagingly told stories that introduce us to people and places different from our own, yet relatable in a variety of ways.”

The Christophers, a nonprofit founded in 1945 by Maryknoll Father James Keller, is rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition of service to God and humanity. More information about The Christophers is available at www.christophers.org.