Ileana Soon, debut picture book illustrator, has a degree in illustration and entertainment arts from the Art Center College of Design in California. Her editorial art clients include Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Boston Globe, and Scientific American. She has also won multiple awards from American Illustration, Communication Arts, the World Illustration Awards and the Society of Illustrators West. Having grown up in a small seaside town in Borneo, Malaysia, she now lives and works in Los Angeles.