Malik's Number Thoughts: A Story about Ocd

Natalie Rompella is the author of more than sixty books and resources for children, including Cookie Cutters & Sled Runners, a middle grade novel about OCD, and The World Never Sleeps, a picture book about insects. She is a former elementary and middle school teacher and lives in Libertyville, Illinois. Find out more at natalierompella.com.

Alessia Girasole was born in Milan, Italy where she currently resides. She has been drawing since early childhood and realized early on that she would turn her hobby into a rewarding career as an illustrator. After graduating at the European Institute of Design in Milan, with a major in Illustration and Multimedia Animation, she decided to focus on illustrating for children. Nowadays, she spends most of her time with her two favorite and very close mates: her MAC and Neve, a faithful Labrador retriever.