Pat Tanumihardja was born in Jakarta to Chinese Indonesian parents and grew up in Singapore. She is the author of five cookbooks and five picture books, including Ramen for Everyone (an Indie Next Pick and a Junior Library Guild selection), Jimmy's Shoes: The Story of Jimmy Choo , and Monkey's Sweet Surprise: A Lunar New Year Mix- Up . She lives in the Washington, D.C., metro region with her husband and son. Camey Yeh is a Taiwanese American illustrator and author of children's books, including her debut picture book, We're Different and It's Totally Cool! Yeh lives in San Francisco with her own Bao Bei, Otis, a cat who everyone always thinks is so cute. Like Bao and Uncle Han Bao Bao, she is a big Bay Area basketball fan. She is also a big fan of egg tarts (sorry, Mrs.

Egg Tart)!.