Author/Illustrator, is an award winning author/illustrator of over 30 picture books, including Soup Day, Pizza Day, Dumplings for Lili, which was a 2022 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner. Her I Can Read Series, Gigi and Ojiji, was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection, and Gigi and Ojiji was a Theodor Geisel Honor recipient in 2023.
When she is not creating, she can be found cooking and doing crossword puzzles with her husband, author Denis Markell, in Brooklyn.
Find out more at www.melissaiwai.com
