Jarrett Dapier

Jarrett Dapier is a writer, librarian, and lifelong drummer. His books include Jazz for Lunch!, which received a starred review in Kirkus, and Mr. Watson's Chickens, which received multiple starred reviews and was named a Best Picture Book of the Year by BookPage and a Best Book of the Year by NPR. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his family and their many pets. Lee Gatlin has been drawing for as long as he can remember. He is the illustrator of the picture book Monster School by Kate Coombs and Shout Out for the Fitzgerald-Trouts by Esta Spalding. He was born and raised in south Alabama, but he makes comics and art in Athens, Georgia, where he lives with his wife, three children, and two cats.