Micha Archer

Micha Archer is an author and illustrator of picture books who lives in Western Massachusetts. She creates her illustrations with collage, using papers she collects and makes herself, which gives her art its layered textures and patterns.

Archer introduced readers to a curious young boy in Daniel Finds a Poem, the first of three books about Daniel, followed by Daniel's Good Day and What's New, Daniel? Wonder Walkers (2021), in which two children ask big questions about the natural world on an outdoor walk, received a 2022 Caldecott Honor. Her other books as author and illustrator include Wind Watchers and While We're Here.

She has also illustrated books by other writers, including Girl Running by Annette Bay Pimentel, Around the World in a Bathtub by Wade Bradford and Snowman – Cold = Puddle by Laura Purdie Salas. Her work often celebrates curiosity, poetry and close observation of nature.