Vera Brosgol was born in Moscow, Russia, and moved to the US when she was five. She has storyboarded for Laika on the feature films Coraline, Paranorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings.
Vera now writes and illustrates books full-time. Her first graphic novel, Anya’s Ghost, was published in 2011 by First Second Books and won an Eisner Award. Her first picture book, Leave Me Alone, was published in 2016 by Roaring Brook Press and won a Caldecott Honor. Her latest graphic novel Be Prepared came out in April, 2018, and her newest picture book, The Little Guys, will be released by Roaring Brook Press in April, 2019.
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