Rafael Lopez and Juana Martinez-Neal

Rafael Lopez and Juana Martinez-Neal

Rafael López

Rafael López

Rafael López is the two time #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of Just Ask! Be DifferentBe Brave, Be You written by Sonia Sotomayor and The Day You Begin written by Jacqueline Woodson.

Juana Martinez-Neal

Juana Martinez-Neal

Juana Martinez-Neal is the author/illustrator of Alma and How She Got Her Name and the New York Times-bestselling illustrator recipient of a Caldecott Honor, a Sibert Medal and a Pura Belpré Medal for Illustration. The daughter and granddaughter of painters, Juana was born in Peru and lives in Connecticut with her family.

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