LISA ROBINSON's first picture book for Schwartz & Wade, due out in March 2020, is
Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer. Born in Uganda to two Peace Corp volunteers who would eventually become world-traveling diplomats, Lisa has lived all over the world, including Seattle, Dakar, London, and Moscow. In addition to writing, she works as a psychotherapist. Visit her at author-lisa-robinson.com.
LAUREN SIMKIN BERKE is an award-winning illustrator, working with clients such as the
New York Times,
Smithsonian magazine, and Southern Poverty Law Center's
Teaching Tolerance. Berke's artwork has graced covers of books such as Katie Rain Hill's
Rethinking Normal, the Paris Review's
The Writer's Chapbook, and the first edition of Susan Stryker's
Transgender History. This is their first picture book. Visit them at simkinberke.com.