He divides his time between Mexico and the U.S., visiting schools, libraries, and bookstores. Immediately after graduating, he was contracted by Abrams Books for Young Children, publishing his first book Dear Primo in 2010. His senior thesis, Journey of a Mixteco, won best thesis and was published online.
While in college, he became interested in Mixtec artwork, specifically Mixtec codex. from Parsons School of Design in Manhattan and a B.A. In high school, he became interested in painting, finding inspiration in the works of Vincent van Gogh and Egon Schiele. As a child, he was inspired by comics and anime to write and illustrate his own superhero stories. He moved to the United States as a teenager and completed high school at Buxton School in Massachusetts. Tonatiuh was born in 1984 in Mexico City to an American father and a Mexican mother and was raised in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. He is an advocate and activist for workers’ rights.
The themes in his stories relate to the Latino experience, with subjects that include social justice issues, art, history, and immigration. The illustrations in his books are influenced by Pre-Columbian art. Duncan Tonatiuh (born 1984) is a Mexican-American author and illustrator of several award-winning children's books.
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