Kat Fajardo (she/they) (katfajardo.com) is an award-winning author-illustrator of playful and colorful graphic novels about self-acceptance and Latine culture. She’s the creator of Miss Quinces, which was the first Scholastic Graphix title to be simultaneously published in English and Spanish (as Srta. Quinces). It was also a National Indie Bestseller, received a Pura Belpre Honor for illustration, starred reviews, and was selected as a summer reading pick by publications such as Entertainment Weekly, Publishers Weekly, and many more. It was also added to the The Spirit of Texas (SPOT) Reading Program by the Texas Library Association.

She is also the artist for the chapter book series The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class and has illustrated various middle-grade book covers. When she’s not making comics, you’ll find Kat collecting bugs, listening to spooky podcasts, or chasing after her sock-stealing pup, Roni. She is definitely not two dogs in a trench coat. Kat lives in Los Angeles, CA.