Stacey Dressen McQueen is the illus­tra­tor of sev­er­al award-win­ning pic­ture books, includ­ing Box­es for Kat­je, which Pub­lish­ers Week­ly named a Best Chil­dren’s Book of the Year. She works in pen­cil, oil pas­tel, and acrylic. She grew up on a farm in South Dako­ta and lives with her fam­i­ly in Port­land, Oregon.