AWANG FADILAH comes from Sabah, East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo. He started illustrating childrenโs picture books after attending a workshop organised by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) in the late 90s. Since then he has had several picture books published by DBP. He has also participated in several exhibitions in Sabah. At the international level, his illustrations have been exhibited at the National Diet Library, International Library of Childrenโs Literature, Tokyo. He won the runner-up prize for โLand Below the Windโ in the Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations organised by the Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO in Tokyo. Awang lives in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with his family.ย