If You Were the Moon

Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 100 books for kids and teens. Her work has received the Minnesota Book Award and other honors, including Bank Street Best Books of the Year, and NCTE Notables. She and her husband live in Minnesota and have two monsters of their own, Maddie and Annabelle. When Laura's not reading or writing, she likes to dance, play games, and work with the Minnesota Brass drum corps (which involves a lot of Counting, following Patterns, and creating Shapes on the field). She tries to eat More vegetables and Less brownies, but that is hard! Learn more about Laura at laursalas.com.

JAIME KIM est née et a grandi en Corée du Sud, avant de déménager aux États-Unis à l'âge de 18 ans. Illustratrice et peintre, elle a vu son premier livre illustré, Take Heart, My Child, inscrit en première place du palmarès du New York Times. Elle travaille avec de la gouache, de l'aquarelle et de l'acrylique pour créer des illustrations nostalgiques et oniriques, inspirées par les souvenirs de son enfance en famille, ainsi que par des films, des oeuvres d'art et le monde extérieur. JAIME KIM was born and raised in South Korea before moving to the U.S. when she was 18. An illustrator and painter, her debut illustrated book Take Heart, My Child, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. She works with gouache, watercolours, and acrylics to create nostalgic and dreamlike illustrations, inspired by childhood memories of her family, as well as movies, art, and the outside world.