This is the true story of one of the most crooked con men ever to have lived, a man whose infamous scheme led him to be known by the Secret Service, police, and admirers around the globe as 'The Man Who Stole the Eiffel Tower.'
Greg Pizzoliis an author, illustrator and screen printer from Philadelphia. His first picture book,The Watermelon Seed, was published by Disney*Hyperion Books and was the2014 recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award. Greg's work has been featured in The New York Times, Communication Arts, 3x3 Magazine and he's won two Portfolio Honor Awards from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. After college, Greg spent two years as a full-time volunteer in AmeriCORPSfrom 2005-2006. In 2009, he received his MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where he now teaches.Greg lives in Philadelphia with his wife and two unruly cats.
Selected for The New York Times ten Best Illustrated Children's
Books of 2015
Selected for Amazon's Best Books of the Year list
Selected for the American Library Association's Notable Children's
Books List
Nominated for the Children's Choice Book Awards Best
Illustrator
"Splendid. . . . Loaded with facts but with good storytelling and
high-level illustration. . . . I’m thrilled that Pizzoli has chosen
to present [Tricky Vic's] story so compellingly to our nation’s
children."—The New York Times
"Intriguing."—The Wall Street Journal
"What a con job! I mean that in the best possible
way. Vic was tricky but so is Greg Pizzoli. His storytelling
and mixed-media artwork is rendered with expert sleight of
hand."—Lane Smith, author/illustrator of It's a Book and the
Caldecott Honor book Grandpa Green
"It's hard enough to make a well-told story out of real-life
things—it’s almost unfair that he could also make it this
pretty."—Jon Klassen, author and illustrator of the Caldecott Medal
winner This Is Not My Hat
* "An appealingly colorful, deadpan account of a remarkably
audacious and creative criminal."—Kirkus Reviews, starred
review
* "What a fabulous story."—The Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books, starred review
"Elementary-school kids impressed by brazen acts of skulduggery
will be snowed by this well-told true story."—Booklist"Greg Pizzoli
gets high marks for derring-do. . . . The bold, graphic
mixed-media art—made with photographs, rubber stamps, pencil, ink,
and digital tools—steals the show."—The Boston Globe
"A fascinating story, with quirky, retro-style, mixed-media art
that will appeal to readers."—School Library Journal
“Stylish illustrations. . . Pizzoli’s recounting
entertains.”—Publishers Weekly
“With a sophisticated, genially sinister design incorporating
cartoons and photographs into a low-toned red and mustard palette,
the book signals the right kind of reader: one for whom venality is
no obstacle to a good time.”—The Horn Book
"The clever illustrations add to the enjoyment; this is an
entertaining biography and an interesting glimpse into the history
of a criminal."—Library Media Connection
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