Illustrator
Jason Zimdars
Illustrator of The Prince Martin Epic and the Little Prince Martin Picture Books, written by Brandon Hale.
About the Illustrator
Jason Zimdars is an artist and designer best known as the illustrator of It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work and the Prince Martin Epic series.
Jason has always loved to draw and grew up immersed in stories of heroes and magic like The Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, Elric of Melniboné, Star Wars, The Dark Crystal, and E.T. He always came home from the movies or the library to draw all the amazing characters and places he saw in his imagination.
He later studied graphic design and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art from the University of Oklahoma. Today he works as a product designer at 37signals, where he’s worked on many products including Basecamp, HEY Email, ONCE Campfire, Writebook and Fizzy.
When his friend Brandon told him about Prince Martin, he knew he had to draw him and all his friends, too. He cannot wait to share more of Prince Martin’s adventures with you.
Jason loves to read beautiful children’s books to his kids. Some of his favorites are What Do you do with a Problem?, Where the Wild Things Are, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and Christopher The Holy Giant (or really anything by Tomi dePaola).
Mr. Zimdars lives in Oklahoma with his family and an old dog who isn’t nearly as brave as Sir Ray.
