# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carson-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:28:49.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carson-ellis"
name: "Carson Ellis"
slug: "carson-ellis"
description: "Carson Friedman Ellis is a Canadian-born American children's book illustrator and artist. She received a Caldecott Honor for her children's book Du Iz Tak? (2016). Her work is inspired by folk art, art history, and mysticism."
tagline: "American children's illustrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carson_Ellis_and_Colin_Meloy_signing_Wildwood_in_Portland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1975-10-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.75
  momentum:             3.844027456539581
  historical:           6.418113333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/cfellis"
    handle:    "cfellis"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/carson.ellis.3"
    handle:    "carson.ellis.3"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://carsonellis.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9685d227-9744-40c4-aaa9-7ab6c17560c9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Ellis"
    title: "Carson Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "كارسون إليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "كارسون اليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Ellis"
    title: "Carson Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Ellis"
    title: "Carson Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Ellis"
    title: "Carson Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2526516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump