Monica Brown is the award-winning author of over 40 books for children, including the Lola Levine series, Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match/no combina, which was named one of The Atlantic’s 65 Essential Children’s Books; Frida and her Animalitos, A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book; and the Christopher Award-winning Waiting for the Biblioburro. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on NPR’s All Things Considered, among others. Monica lives in Arizona, where she is a professor of English at Northern Arizona University. She invites you to visit her online at monicabrown.net.
Chelen Écija is an illustrator, author, and hand letterer. When she’s not working on books, she’s teaching undergrads or researching the connection between people and the signs that surround them. She lives in Spain with her husband and two kiddos, where she enjoys plenty of sunny days camping and the occasional snowy day snowboarding. She invites you to visit her online at chelenecija.com.