Susan Batori is a Hungarian illustrator and graphic designer. She studied graphic design at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, Hungary. Susan then worked as an art director at DDB Advertising Agency and spent many years designing print ads, websites, posters and packages. But Susan noticed that drawing hilarious characters was much more fun. Since 2012, Susan has been working as a freelance children’s book illustrator, represented by Good Illustration Ltd. Her illustrations are created digitally, but she tries to make her work look handmade. She gets her inspiration from nature and from her favorite childhood books. Humor is the one thing in her studio that she could not live without.#Susan loves reading, watching great movies, walking in the forest and pampering herself with a good salted caramel ice cream. She watches an episode of Friends every day because it makes her cheery. Susan lives in Budapest with her partner, Robert, and her cat, Kamilla.~Instagram: @SusanBatori~Twitter: @SusanBatori~Facebook: @BatoriSusan

Marianne Ferrer is a freelance illustrator and graphic design graduate from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She currently lives in Lasalle, Quebec.

Mari Kanstad Johnsen is an illustrator and artist. She is also the author of a number of children’s books, which have been translated into French, Spanish and Swedish. Mari has been selected among other new literary talents for Norway’s “New Voices” program at the 2019 Frankfurt Book Fair. She lives in Norway.

Maïa Faddoul was born in Montreal, Quebec, to an Argentine mother and a Lebanese father. Her maternal grandfather was a theme park illustrator, and she’d always been interested in drawings and imagery of any kind. Having studied both illustration and design at Dawson College and UQAM, she now works as a multidisciplinary illustrator and designer, creating empowering, bright and colorful imagery, often with an important message.#Her upbringing, heavily rooted in core intersectional feminist values, has led her to work on many projects centered on women and the LGBTQ+ community, in the hopes of using her talent and creativity to help bring more visibility and power to young and misrepresented groups across the globe. This aspect of her work has allowed her to collaborate on a variety of great projects with clients such as Teen Vogue, Showtime, Time’s Up, the National Film Board of Canada and many more.#Maïa still lives in Montreal and works from her colorful and bright downtown studio which she shares with her partner and fellow illustrator.~Instagram: @maiafadd

Carmen Mok studied studio art at the University of Waterloo and craft design at Sheridan College. While working as a magazine graphic designer she had the opportunity to explore editorial illustration, which inspired her to change her creative path and become an illustrator.~ ~Carmen’s illustrations have been published in magazines across Canada and the U.S., as well as on greeting cards, stationery and children’s home accessories. She now dedicates herself to children’s book illustration. She has received several illustration awards, including the SCBWI Canada East People’s Choice Award for Illustration in 2017 and the Exceptional Portfolio Award and the Storyteller Award in 2018.~ ~Carmen has a deep passion for making children’s books. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time in libraries and bookstores; she also likes hiking, knitting or meeting up with friends.~Carmen lives in St. Catharines, Ontario, with her husband and a cat.~Facebook: @CarmenMokStudio~Twitter: @CarmenMokStudio~Instagram: @CarmenMokStudio