READY, SET… DRAW! ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATOR SKETCH-OFF

Eliza Kinkz is a Tejana artist who never stopped viewing the world through the bright colors of her crayons, AND she even ate a few, too! She’s illustrated many hilarious picture books, including Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock by Jesús Trejo which received a Pura Belpré Illustration Honor. In 2022, she was the James Marshall Fellow. All her ridiculous scribbles burst straight from her heart, which is overflowing with joy. . . and probably a few crayon pieces. Eliza lives in Austin, Texas, with her family and her one true love, a huge bowl of queso. Mistaco is her author-illustrator debut. 

USA Today-bestselling author Kirk Reedstrom has spent most of his adult life surrounded by books—he currently works for a public library system, and he used to be a bookseller at Blue Willow Bookshop, an independent bookstore in Houston, Texas. He has led children’s art workshops at the Kimball Art Museum and interned with William Joyce at Moonbot Studios. And he mixes all his past experiences with traditional and digital mediums to develop fun-filled characters with a little bit of mayhem. He enjoys creating books that make people laugh. His latest book is Duck and Moose: Duck In The Dark!