Kaz Windness is the Geisel award-winning, genre-crossing illustrator and author of funny and heart-warming books for young readers. Proudly neurodivergent (ASD/ADHD), Kaz specializes in character-driven books celebrating inclusivity, grit, and kindness. Her many books include "Swim, Jim!," “Worm and Caterpillar are Friends,” “When You Love a Book,” and “Bitsy Bat, School Star.” She is a professor of illustration at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design and founder of The Cuddlefish Academy, where she inspires students to tell stories with pictures. Kaz lives in Colorado with her English teacher husband, two teen children, and a bunny-obsessed Boston Terrier named Remy. Kaz loves making deep-dish pizza from scratch and sketching animals at the zoo. 

Learn more at: https://www.windnessbooks.com/ and https://linktr.ee/KazWindness 

Heather Brockman Lee is an award winning illustrator and author of books for children, and an adjunct professor of illustration at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. She is the illustrator of The City of Jasmine, When you Love a Book, She is Mama, A Poem Grows Inside You, and more. She is represented by Deborah Warren at East West Literary Agency. Heather lives in the shadow of the Colorado foothills with her family and two silly dogs. 

Learn more at: https://www.heatherbrockmanlee.com/