Charlotte Sullivan Wild is the author of several picture books. Love, Violet, illustrated by Charlene Chua, was a Stonewall Book Award winner, Charlotte Huck Honor Book, Lambda Literary Award Finalist, and Bookstagang's Best of 2022 winner for Future Classics and Community Favorites. Her debut picture book The Amazing Idea of You was illustrated by Mary Lundquist. She has previously worked as an educator, bookseller, volunteer radio host, and creator of children's literature events. Originally from frosty Minnesota, she now lives wherever her wife is stationed, recently in San Antonio, Texas and then Italy with a flock of spirited hens.
Charlene Chua (she/they) is the illustrator of several picture books, including Pinkie Promises by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Amy Wu book series, and the Lambda Literary Honor and Stonewall Book Award Winner Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild. She is also the author-illustrator of Hug? When they are not making art, they enjoy cooking, reading, and playing with their cats. Charlene now lives with her husband (and cats!) in Hamilton, Ontario.
