Vera Brosgol   was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1984 and moved to the United States when she was five. Her first graphic novel  Anya's Ghost   was published in 2011 by First Second and won Eisner, Cybils, and Harvey awards. Her picture book  Leave Me Alone!  was a 2017 Caldecott Honor book. She was a storyboard artist at Laika for ten years, working on animated films including  Coraline   and  Kubo and the Two Strings.   She lives in Portland, Oregon, and actually really likes camping now.