Lela Nargi (Author)
Lela Nargi is based in Brooklyn, New York. After years spent reporting for national magazines like People and Life, Lela now writes books - mostly about science, and mostly for children, including titles for National Geographic and Smithsonian. Lela is the author of Karl's New Beak (2019, Capstone / Smithsonian), a book that was picked as a California Reading Association Eureka honoree and was named a best STEM book of 2020 by the National Science Teaching Association & the Children's Book Council.
Xuan Le (Illustrator)
Xuan Le is an illustrator based in Saigon, Vietnam. After graduating with a major in fashion design from IUH, she received a second degree in graphic design at the University of Fine Arts in Ho Chi Minh City. Xuan became a full-time illustrator in 2015 with local and international clients. She likes to combine strong colours with eccentric details, mixing past, future and surreal worlds together.
