Jorisch s visual interpretation of the poem is both provocative and personal, and it incorporates a worldliness and familiarity with human nature that most people achieve only through life experience." Jorisch's visual interpretation of the poem is both provocative and personal, and it incorporates a worldliness and familiarity with human nature that most people achieve only through life experience.--School Library Journal

Stephane Jorisch's work has won many awards, including three Governor General's Awards for Illustration. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.