Jen Kost­man is an author and illus­tra­tor with a big imag­i­na­tion and a love for all things whim­si­cal. She grad­u­at­ed from the School of Visu­al Arts with a BFA in Illus­tra­tion. As a preschool teacher in New York City, she enjoys read­ing pic­ture books to her stu­dents as often as pos­si­ble. In 2020, Jen illus­trat­ed The Lit­tles Can­dle: A Hanukkah Sto­ry writ­ten by Rab­bis Ker­ry and Jesse Olitzky and pub­lished by Kalan­iot Books.