Richard Jacobson

Jacobson was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan,[http://www.hackmatack.ca/pdfs/2006English/RickJacobsonAndLauraFernandez.pdf 2006 Hack Matack bios for Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez], Rick Jacobson biography at HackMatack awards. {{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art (with Honours), where he met his future wife (now divorced), and co-illustrator Laura Fernandez. He works as an illustrator, painter, and writer.

Partnered with Laura Fernandez, Jacobson has produced major commercial illustration and design work for Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Air Canada. His painting for the cover of Christopher Ondaatje's book "Sindh Revisited" is now in the private collection of the Royal Geographic Society Collection.[http://images.rgs.org/imageDetails.aspx?barcode=14671 Royal Geographical Society Picture Library online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903180839/http://images.rgs.org/imageDetails.aspx?barcode=14671 |date=2015-09-03 }}, Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez cover of Christopher Ondaatje's book 'Sindh Revisited' donated by C. Ondaatje. In addition to commercial design work, Jacobson has co-illustrated 19 children's books with Fernandez, and received several awards and nominations.

Jacobson was the co-recipient of the Ruth Schwartz Award for "Jeremiah Learns to Read (Scholastic).[http://www.arts.on.ca/Page502.aspx Ontario Arts Council Winners Announced 1998] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222164919/http://www.arts.on.ca/Page502.aspx |date=2014-02-22 }}, Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez recipients of the Ruth Schwartz Award.[http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/ruth_and_sylvia_schwartz_children%E2%80%99s_book_award?sort=asc&order=Detail Canadian Children's Book Centre Award Announcement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222004130/http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/ruth_and_sylvia_schwartz_children%E2%80%99s_book_award?sort=asc&order=Detail |date=2014-02-22 }}, Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez award listing for Jeremiah Learns to Read. He was also the co-recipient of the 2001 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award for "The Magnificent Piano Recital" (Orca Books).[http://www.canlitawards.com/howardgibbonchildren.html Can Lit Award Announcements] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130628204638/http://www.canlitawards.com/howardgibbonchildren.html |date=2013-06-28 }}, Rick Jacobson and Laura Fernandez recipients of the Amelia Francis Gibbons Award for the Magnificent Piano Recital.

In 2004, Jacobson authored and co-illustrated his first full publication, "Picasso: Soul on Fire" (Tundra), on the life of the famous painter's life landmarks. The book was shortlisted for the 2005 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award,[http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Amelia_Frances_Howard_Gibbon_Illustrator_s_Award&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3989 Canadian Library Association Award Listings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922065735/http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Amelia_Frances_Howard_Gibbon_Illustrator_s_Award&Template=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=3989 |date=2012-09-22 }}, Picasso: Soul On Fire shortlisted for the Amelia Francis Gibbons Award 2005. and listed by The Globe and Mail on the list of "Ten terrific tomes, tots to teens" list.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/ten-terrific-tomes-tots-to-teens/article745635/?page=all Ten terrific tomes, tots to teens], Picasso: Soul On Fire on the Globe and Mail arts list.

Jacobson followed "Picasso: Soul On Fire" with "The Mona Lisa Caper" (Tundra) in 2005 and is working on his fourth publication.

Jacobson has contributed illustrations to Smithsonian, Applied Arts, and Artist's magazines.

As writer

• Picasso: Soul on Fire (Tundra Books, 2004)
• The Mona Lisa Caper (Tundra, 2005)
• The Master's Apprentice (Tundra, 2008)
• A Single Round (Deadcat Studio, 2020)
• A Lead Pill (Deadcat Studio, 2021)
• Hard Place (Deadcat Studio, 2021)
• Hard Place: Crossroads edition (Deadcat Studio, 2022)
• A Cold Hand (Deadcat Studio, 2022)

Jacobson and Laura Fernandez

• Nancy Hundal, I Heard My Mother Call My Name, Harper Collins (New York, NY), 1994.
• Esther Kalman, Tchaikovsky Discovers America, Lester Publishing (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1994, Orchard (New York, NY), 1995.
• Jo Ellen Bogart, Jeremiah Learns to Read, Scholastic Canada (Markham, Ontario, Canada), 1997, Orchard (New York, NY), 1999.
• Norah McClintock, Sins of the Father, Scholastic Canada (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1997.
• Michael Bedard, Glass Town, Atheneum (New York, NY), 1997.
• Maxine Trottier, Prairie Willow, Stoddart Kids (New York, NY), 1998.
• L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, foreword by Kate Macdonald Butler, Tundra (Plattsburgh, NY), 2000.
• Maxine Trottier, Little Dog Moon, Stoddart Kids (New York, NY), 2000.
• Marilynn Reynolds, The Magnificent Piano Recital, Stoddart Kids (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2000, Orca (Custer, WA), 2001.
• Rukhasana Khan, King of the Skies, North Winds Press (Markham, Ontario, Canada), 2001.
• Douglas Cowling, Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery, North Winds Press (Markham, Ontario, Canada), 2004.

Jacobson alone

• Original Thoughts from the Enterprising Mind of Cheryl Lousley, Gordon Suavé, Cheryl Lousley, Reigad Wai (Toronto: Storybook, 1989)
• Crime in 2001: Original Thoughts from the Enterprising Mind of David Strobel, David Strobel (Storybook, 1989)
• Diary of an Alien: Original Thoughts from the Enterprising Mind of Benjamin Evans, Gordon Suavé, Benjamin Evans (Storybook, 1989)

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• {{official |richardajacobson.com}}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20141220141949/http://www.jacobsonfernandez.com/ Jacobson Fernandez Illustration and Design] (archived 2014-12-20)
• [http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol11/no5/picasso.html Picasso: Soul On Fire review by Ann Stinner for CM Volume XI Number 5 October 29, 2004]
• [http://umanitoba.ca/cm/vol11/no18/themonalisacaper.html The Mona Lisa Caper review by Ann Stinner for CM Volume XI Number 18 May 13, 2005]
• [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AJacobson%2C+Rick%3B+Fernandez%2C+Laura&qt=results_page Works by Laura Fernandez and Rick Jacobson] in WorldCat library records
• https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/171003.Rick_Jacobson
• https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001KJ0GUE

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