Phoebe Wahl is an author, illustrator, and surface designer who grew up unschooled in Washington state. Her first children’s book, Sonya’s Chickens was the recipient of the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for New Illustrator, and her most recent picture book, Little Witch Hazel was an Indie Bestseller, Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Title, as well as being named one of the Best Books of 2021 by BookPage, BookRiot, Booklist and the Chicago Public Library. Her other titles include The Blue House, Backyard Fairies, Phoebe’s Diary, and the forthcoming Story Rug (written by Sophie Blackall) and Around the Wheel of the Year (with Danica Boyce). Phoebe lives in Bellingham, Washington, where she can often be found rambling in the forest with her family.