Jesse White is an illus­tra­tor, author, and mural­ist who cre­ates whim­si­cal, won­der-filled work about imag­i­na­tion and adven­ture. Nature is her core through­line, a focus that comes from her child­hood in rur­al North Car­oli­na. Jesse grad­u­at­ed with a BFA in stu­dio art from the Uni­ver­si­ty of North Car­oli­na at Chapel Hill and earned her master’s in art edu­ca­tion from Vir­ginia Com­mon­wealth Uni­ver­si­ty. Her first author-illus­tra­tor project, Brave Like Fire­weed, is due out from Union Square Kids. She lives in Durham, North Car­oli­na. Vis­it Jesse online at www​.jesse​whiteil​lus​tra​tion​.com.