Alian­na Rozentsveig is a Jew­ish illus­tra­tor who was born in the USSR and now lives in a small town in Israel. She grad­u­at­ed from the visu­al com­mu­ni­ca­tions depart­ment at Beza­lel Acad­e­my of Arts and Design, with a spe­cial­iza­tion in illus­tra­tion. This is her sec­ond book, and first book pub­lished in the US.