Roseanne A. Brown was born in Kumasi, Ghana, and immigrated to the wild jungles of central Maryland as a child. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor's degree in journalism and was also a teaching assistant for the school's Jiménez-Porter Writers' House program. Her journalistic work has been featured by Voice of America, among other outlets. Rosie currently lives outside Washington, DC, where in her free time she can usually be found wandering the woods, making memes, or thinking about Star Wars. Her debut novel, A Song of Wraiths and Ruin, was a New York Times bestseller.

DIOBELLE CERNA is an artist and designer based in the Philippines. I Am Okay to Feel (also published in French as La promenade: Accepter ses émotions) is her debut picture book.

Nabi H. Ali is a Tamil American kidlit illustrator and visdev artist based in Orange County, California. He loves exploring art centered around the South Asian experience, both within the subcontinent and in the diaspora. During his spare time, Nabi enjoys cooking, painting, and being a history nut.

Publisher: Bound to Stay Bound Books

Pub date: 2026-04-07

Length: 128 pages