Grace Lin is the award-winning author and illustrator of The Year of the Dog , The Year of the Rat , and Ling & Ting , as well as picture books such asThe Ugly VegetablesandDim Sum for Everyone!Where the Mountain Meets the Moonwas partially inspired by her travels to Hong Kong, China and Taiwan. Grace is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Massachusetts. Her website is www.gracelin.com .
Julia Kuo �splits her time between Cleveland, OH, and Taipei. She�grew up in Los Angeles, CA, and attended Washington University in St. Louis for illustration and marketing. Julia illustrates children's books, concert posters and CD covers, designs stationery and journals, and paints in her free time. One recent gallery show featured paintings of street fashion shots from Face Hunter. Julia's clients include American Greetings, the New York Times , the Home Shopping Network, Little Brown and Co., Capitol Records, Tiny Prints, and Universal Music Group. Her illustrations have been honored in American Illustration, CMYK magazine, and Creative Quarterly. Visit her online at… http://www.juliakuo.com .