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Chris Raschka (born Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1959) is an American author, illustrator, and violist. His Yo! Yes? was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1993 but he is probably most famous for his Hello, Goodbye Window, winner of the 2006 Caldecott Medal. Chris spent part of his childhood in Austria, his mother's homeland. He is a graduate of St. Olaf College. He lives in New York City. He also wrote Ring! Yo! and Yo! Yes?

Two of his books have meet with controversy: Happy to Be Nappy, written by bell hooks and his own Arlene Sardine.

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