Jonathan Bean received an M.F.A. from New York’s School of Visual Arts and now lives and works in Pennsylvania. His first book, At Night, won a 2008 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and his autobiographical story Building Our House was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Jonathan is also the illustrator of acclaimed picture books by other authors, including The Apple Pie That Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson and Real Cowboys by Kate Hoefler. jonathanbean.com