↑Yevgenia Nayberg is an award-winning author/illustrator, painter, and stage designer. Her illustrations have appeared in magazines and picture books, and on theatre posters, music albums, and book covers; her paintings, drawings, and illustrations are held in private collections worldwide. As a set and costume designer, she has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts/TCG Fellowship for Theatre Designers, the Independent Theatre Award and the Arlin Meyer Award. She has received multiple awards for her picture books, including three Sydney Taylor Awards and two Junior Library Guild Gold Selection Awards, most recently for her critically acclaimed graphic memoir, Chernobyl, Life and Other Disasters. She’s a 2023 Eisner Awards nominee. Born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine, she now lives in New York City.