Since then Wiesner has created many picture books solo-as writer and illustrator, or stories without words. After illustrating a dozen or more books with other writers, he and his wife Kim Kahng co-wrote Loathsome Dragon, a picture book with his illustrations that G.P. That year he also illustrated a novel by Avi, Man From the Sky (Knopf, 1980). Wiesner's first book was Honest Andrew, a picture book with text by Gloria Skurzynski, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1980. Wiesner currently resides outside of Philadelphia with his family. He graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration. Wiesner was born and raised in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, and attended Bridgewater-Raritan High School.
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