Andrea Blin­ick is an artist and an art edu­ca­tor with a pas­sion for children’s lit­er­a­ture. After grad­u­at­ing from the Ontario Col­lege of Art and Design with an illus­tra­tion diplo­ma, she went on to receive a Bach­e­lor of Design through OCAD in con­junc­tion with Thomp­son Rivers Uni­ver­si­ty and then pur­sued a Bach­e­lor of Edu­ca­tion at York Uni­ver­si­ty. Her first pic­ture book, Out­side, You Notice (2021), earned a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. Andrea lives in Toron­to with her hus­band and two daugh­ters, who often inspire the sto­ry­telling behind her art. She enjoys music, writ­ing, com­e­dy, trav­el, and mak­ing a mess on her art table. Her most recent titles are Sun in My Tum­my and Serge the Snail With­out a Shell.