California native LAUREN GALLEGOS has illustrated 24 children’s books including The Egg Thief (Kirkus Review’s Best Indie Book of 2016), The Coal Thief (2015 USA Best Book Awards finalist and Moonbeam Book Awards SILVER), Vulture Verses (2014 EUREKA! Honor), Kobee Manatee (2014 Foreword Review Indie Finalist), and Kobee Manatee 2 (2016 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, Children’s Book Cover Design).