Downtown Doors

Natasha Tripplett writes from a tree house perched in a sycamore tree at her home near Oakland, California. Born to a Jamaican immigrant and a Jewish woman, Natasha was adopted as a baby. She is the author of The Blue Pickup, Juneteenth Is, and Planted with Love.

Leah Giles grew up in Toronto, Canada, where she studied film, animation, and illustration, then moved to New York City to pursue a career in illustration and art education. Leah now paints, draws, and collages in a noisy little apartment near the park. She loves any and all things bright, bold, and radically lovely.