C.F. Payneis best known for his editorial and advertising pieces and as the illustrator ofThe Remarkable Farkle McBrideby John Lithgow. His illustrations appear regularly in theNew York Times Book Review, theAtlantic Monthly, andTime. He has created five stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and has illustrated the Molly books in the American Girls series. He also painted a 100-foot-long mural for a Cincinnati theater. C.F. Payne lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.