Rachel Elliott is an author, illustrator, and cartoonist. Her first graphic novel, THE REAL RILEY MAYES, was a Stonewall Honor Book and a Sid Fleischman Humor Honor Book. She is working on two different graphic novel book series: ZEB AND BEL, from Harper Alley, and ISAAC AND PEARL from First Second. She lives in Kentucky with her wife, and teaches comics writing at the University of Kentucky. She’s a big fan of dance music, tacos, cats, comedians, and her niece’s ice hockey team. In her spare time, she plays badminton with her wife and draws Martin Short way too much.