Sarah Dvo­jack grew up in Wash­ing­ton State, where she devel­oped a pas­sion for all things his­to­ry, cir­cus, and Irish dance. She grad­u­at­ed from Seattle’s Cor­nish Col­lege of the Arts with a degree in Graph­ic Design and went on to study in the School of Visu­al Arts’ MFA Illus­tra­tion as Visu­al Essay pro­gram. She cur­rent­ly works as a book design­er and lives in New York. She is the author-illus­tra­tor of Rosie the Riv­et­er and the illus­tra­tor of Madame Alexan­der: The Cre­ator of the Icon­ic Amer­i­can Doll.