Wong, Nicole: - Nicole Wong was raised by a designer/painter dad and a fashion illustrator mom and never thought of becoming anything except an illustrator. She has illustrated twenty-five children's books with collage, egg tempera, oils, watercolor, ink, and other media, including Three Lost Seeds (Tilbury House, 2019) and I'll Be the Water (Tilbury House, 2020). Her illustrations for Kiyoshi's Walk (Lee and Low, 2021) earned starred reviews from Kirkus ("captivating") and SLJ ("wonderful").