Matthew Burgess and Catia Chien (illustrator)

Matthew Burgess is an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College. He is the author of books for kids: Enormous Smallness: A Story of E. E. Cummings,  The Unbudgeable Curmudgeon, Drawing on Walls: A Story of Keith Haring and The Bear and The Moon. Matthew has taught creative writing in NYC public schools for more than 15 years, and he recently edited a new collection titled Spellbound: The Art of Teaching Poetry.

Catia Chien was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil surrounded by eccentric animals and tropical fruits. She graduated from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, with honors in 2004. Today, she is happily working as a full-time illustrator in NYC at an art studio with a view of the East River and an old pencil factory.