Bio: JOHN HENDRIX, born in St. Louis, has been drawing since shortly after that moment. Despite years of wasting money on comic books, John discovered that one might be able to draw pictures for a living. Inevitably, John attended The University of Kansas to study graphic design and illustration. Rock Chalk Jayhawk. After working for a few years as a designer, John moved from Kansas to New York City to become famous. John attended The School of Visual Arts in the Graduate Illustration as Visual Essay program and graduated in May 2003 with honors and debt. During his 4 years illustrating in New York, John also taught at Parsons School of Design and worked at The New York Times as Assistant Art Director of the Op-Ed page for several years. At this very moment, John is teaching undergraduate illustration at Washington University in St. Louis, working on several picture books for children, trying to start an apiary, and changing diapers. He lives in St. Louis with his wife Andrea and son Jackson.