Award-winning artist Sophie Blackall has illustrated over 20 books for children, including the NYT bestselling Ivy and Bean series and Ruby's Wish, winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries in Sydney, Paris, and New York, and her editorial illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Time, Gourmet, Food & Wine, and Town & Country.