Korey Watari

Husband-and-wife team Korey Watari and Mike Wu live in the San Francisco Bay area in California with their two lively daughters. This is their first picture book together. Korey is a sansei, or third-generation Japanese American, born and raised in Los Angeles. She played basketball for a Japanese American league, graduated from the University of California, Riverside, and studied at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. Korey has worked in the animation and fashion industries for...See more

Husband-and-wife team Korey Watari and Mike Wu live in the San Francisco Bay area in California with their two lively daughters. This is their first picture book together. Korey is a sansei, or third-generation Japanese American, born and raised in Los Angeles. She played basketball for a Japanese American league, graduated from the University of California, Riverside, and studied at the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. Korey has worked in the animation and fashion industries for companies such as Disney and the Gap. This is her first picture book. Learn more at www.koreywatari.com or on Twitter at @tinyteru. Mike is the author and illustrator of the acclaimed, bestselling Ellie series, the first picture book of which was named one of NPR's best books of the year. He is also a Pixar artist and has worked on films including The Incredibles , Ratatouille , Up , Toy Story 3 , Coco , and Soul . His illustrations have been hailed as "reminiscent of classics like Harry the Dirty Dog and Curious George ." Visit him at www.theartofmikewu.com or on Instagram at @wudog23. See less