MARIE KONDO is a tidying expert, bestselling author, star of Netflix's hit show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, and founder of KonMari Media, Inc. Enchanted with organizing since her childhood, Marie began her career as a tidying consultant while a 19-year-old university student in Tokyo. Today, Marie is a renowned tidying expert, helping people around the world to transform their cluttered homes into spaces of serenity, inspiration, and joy. In her #1 New York Times bestselling book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie took tidying to a whole new level, teaching that if you properly tidy and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. Marie has been featured in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the London Times, and Vogue, and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and more than fifty major Japanese television and radio programs. She has also been named one of Time 's 100 Most Influential People in the World. SALINA YOON is a Geisel Honor-winning author/illustrator of a dozen picture books and early readers, and nearly 200 innovative novelty books for young readers. Her Penguin and Bear and Floppy picture book series have been featured in Kohl's Cares and have sold around the world.

She lives in San Marcos, California, with her husband, Chris Polentz, and their two sons.