Laura Gehl

Laura Gehl is the author of picture books including One Big Pair of Underwear (Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title); the Peep and Egg series (Amazon Editors' Pick; Children's Choice Book Award Finalist) and My Pillow Keeps Moving (Junior Library Guild selection). Laura has a BA in psychology and a PhD in neuroscience. She has worked as a teacher, researcher and science writer. Udayana Lugo was born in Russia but grew up in Mexico City. She studied product design in Mexico and did her masters in Italy. Life took her back to Mexico, then to the UK and finally to Vancouver, Canada. It was in England that she decided to become an illustrator - she took online classes and practiced a lot from her home studio.