Michelle Mackintosh is an award-winning book designer, illustrator and writer. She became obsessed with Japanese culture in grade three and for the past twenty years she has spent three months of the year travelling, drawing and writing in Japan. Her love of Japanese design and culture informs every part of her work and life. She designs books on cooking, gardening, culture and pop culture for publishers all over the world including a collaboration with DK (UK) and The MET (NYC), and designing the German editions of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Series. She has written three books on analogue correspondence and co-written eight books on Japan, of which many have been translated into multiple languages. She has worked in both LA and NYC, had her design work exhibited in Tokyo and she even has a wrapping-paper range sold in Japan! She is passionate about the design community serving as a member of the Australian Book Design Association committee as well as judge for the MADC Awards, ABDA Awards and the World Illustration Awards.