About

Julia Sarcone-Roach is the author and illustrator of several picture books, including SUBWAY STORY, THE ICE CREAM VANISHES, THERE ARE NO BEARS IN THIS BAKERY, and THE BEAR ATE YOUR SANDWICH, which was an Ezra Jack Keats Honor Award winner, a New York Times bestseller, and an opportunity to eat many sandwiches. She is also the illustrator of INCREDIBLE INVENTIONS by Lee Bennett Hopkins and the Ezra Jack Keats Honor Award book EXCELLENT ED by Stacy McAnulty.

Julia lives in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, NY, and runs across a surprising number of wild animals (including many squirrels) but, to date, no bears.