Kirkus in a starred review said of Oliver Dominguez’s work for the acclaimed picture book Ellen Takes Flight: The Life of Astronaut Ellen Ochoa (Little Brown), “Brilliant, sure-handed gouache illustrations add even more vivid life to the well-paced text.” The book was a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year, a Chicago Public Library Best Informational Book for Young Readers, an NSTA Best STEM Book, a CBC Children’s and Teacher Favorites List Selection, among other honors. Oliver also illustrated the Christopher Award-winning Nacho’s Nachos (Lee and Low), which received a starred review from Booklist and an NYPL “Best Book.” His other books include Miracle Mud (Millbrook), Luis Paints the World (Millbrook), Pope Francis: Builder of Bridges (Bloomsbury), and The Electrical Wizard: How Nicola Tesla Lit Up the World (Candlewick). Oliver teaches illustration at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida, where he lives with his family.
Oliver is represented by Abigail Samoun.
