Demi: - Demi is the award-winning creator of numerous books for children, including The Empty Pot; Buddha; The Dalai Lama; The Legend of Saint Nicholas; Gandhi, which was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and received an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award; and Muhammad, which was named a Kirkus Reviews Editors Choice selection, a Booklist Editors Choice selection, one of the Booklist Top Ten Religion Books for Youth, and a Book Links Lasting Connections selection, and was cited in a Publishers Weekly starred review as a timely, exceptionally handsome biography [that] serves as an excellent introduction to Islam. Demi lives in Carnation, Washington.