Mia Wenjen is an Asian American author who blogs about parenting, children's books, and education at pragmaticmom.com. She is the cocreator of Multicultural Children's Book Day/Read Your World. She is the author of several illustrated children's books, including We Sing from the Heart, The Traveling Taco, and Fortune Cookies for Everyone , also from Red Comet Press. Wenjen lives in Boston with her husband and three kids. Follow her at #PragmaticMom on X, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook. Violeta Encarnaci รณ n is an award-winning Cuban illustrator based in Brooklyn. She is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City and enjoys telling stories through her work and creating art with traditional materials, digital media, and animation.
Barbed Wire Between Us is her second picture book project. Visit her online at violetaencarnacion.com.