Biographical note

Jessica Whipple writes for adults and children. Her picture books Enough Is...(Tilbury House 2023, illust. by Nicole Wong) and I Think I Think a Lot (Free Spirit Publishing 2023, illust. by Josée Bisaillon) are available anywhere books are sold. Her poetry has been published in both print and online literary magazines, and her poem "Broken Strings" was nominated for a 2023 Pushcart Prize. She lives in Pennsylvania and inhabits the places where picture books and poetry intersect. Jessica is represented by Emily Keyes of Keyes Agency. Nicole Wong was raised by a designer/painter dad and a fashion illustrator mom and never thought of becoming anything except an illustrator. She has illustrated twenty-five children’s books with collage, egg tempera, oils, watercolor, ink, and other media, including Three Lost Seeds (Tilbury House, 2019) and I’ll Be the Water (Tilbury House, 2020). Her illustrations for Kiyoshi’s Walk (Lee and Low, 2021) earned starred reviews from Kirkus (“captivating”) and SLJ (“wonderful”).