Livia Blackburne is a New York Times bestselling author of novels and picture books. Her titles include I Dream of Popo, which received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist; Midnight Thief, an Indies Introduce New Voices selection; and Rosemarked, A YALSA Teens Top Ten nominee. Born in Taiwan and raised in Albuquerque, she now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter. nJulia Kuo is the author and illustrator of Let's Do Everything and Nothing and Luminous: Living Things that Light Up the Night.

She is the illustrator of several picture books including I Dream of Popo by Livia Blackburne, I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story by Martha Brockenbrough and Grace Lin, and New York Times bestselling Rise by Jeff Yang, Phil Yu, and Philip Wang. Julia has created editorial illustrations for publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. She currently lives in Bellevue, WA.n