Joseph Belisle draws and paints, teaches art, is husband to David, and father to Faith, and with the debut of this book becomes a children's book author and illustrator. Belisle proudly runs Lighthouse, the LGBTQ+ teen group at Kids in Crisis. He grew up in a big family in a small New England town and currently lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut, where it is also his job to keep up with the real-life Wilhelmina.