Eliza Wheel­er has illus­trat­ed numer­ous books for chil­dren and is the illus­tra­tor-author of the New York Times best­seller, Miss Maple’s Seeds. The telling of her own grandmother’s child­hood sto­ry in her pic­ture book Home in the Woods ignit­ed a pas­sion for the process of cap­tur­ing fam­i­ly sto­ries and doing his­tor­i­cal visu­al research, and she was hon­ored to be invit­ed to help Jacob cap­ture his mother’s child­hood sto­ry through pic­tures for What Rosa Brought. Eliza lives with her hus­band near the lakes of Min­neapo­lis, Min­neso­ta. You can find her online at wheel​er​stu​dio​.com.