Corinna Luyken is the author-illustrator of The Tree in Me; the New York Times-bestseller My Heart; and The Book of Mistakes, which has been praised by Entertainment Weekly, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, and more. She is also the illustrator of Patchwork, written by Matt de la Peña; Something Good and Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse, both written by Marcy Campbell; Nothing in Common, written by Kate Hoefler; and Weird Little Robots, written by Carolyn Crimi. She lives near the Salish Sea in Olympia, Washington, with her husband, daughter, and two small cats.