 Shannon illustrated Audrey Wood's "The Bunyans", Rafe Martin's "The Rough Face Girl," various books by Jane Yolen, including "The Ballad of the Pirate Queens" and "Encounter," as well as Melinda Long's "How I Became a Pirate" and "Pirates Don't Change Diapers".David Shannon was born in Washington, D.C., but he also spent his childhood in Spokane, Washington.In an interview with Sonia Bolle in the Children's Literature Review (CLR), he said, "I loved "Oliver Twist," but I liked the Artful Dodger more than Oliver.