Rashin Kheiriyeh is the author and/or illustrator of over ninety children's books around the world--and a rising star in the US. Her book The Shape of Home received three starred reviews and was praised by the New York Times as "a joyful, wildly imaginative book." She received a PhD in illustration and an MFA in graphic design from Alzahra University in Tehran, and was named a Maurice Sendak Fellow in 2017. Born in Khorramshahr, Iran, Rashin now lives in Washington, DC.