Tao Nyeu is the creator of Wonder Bear, which won the Founder's Award from the Society of Illustrators and a Marion Vannett Ridgway Honor; and Bunny Days, which won the Ezra Jack Keats Award and a Golden Kite Honor. She earned a BFA from Cornell University and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts. Born in Ohio, Tao grew up in New York and now lives in Southern California with her husband and children.