VANESSA MOODY is a Brazilian-American author living in New York, New York. She writes children's books, poetry, and opera libretti, often while eating heaps of chocolate.
Violet Tobacco illustrates from her hometown north of Atlanta. She enjoys traveling her city to explore different cafés from which she can work. With a background in theater, she has translated her enthusiasm for storytelling into illustration. Since joining the Bright Agency, Violet has had the great fortune to work with Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, and Disney Hyperion. When she is not creating, she can be found hanging out with her three cats and cloud-shaped pup while watching animated films or playing video games. Violet loves working with other creative individuals and creating wild and whimsical worlds that help us better understand who we are.