Zara González Hoang

Zara González Hoang is the illustrator of several picture books. She grew up in a little bungalow in the frozen tundra of Minnesota. As a child, she spent her days dreaming, doodling, and listening to colorful stories of her dad's life growing up in Puerto Rico while navigating her place as a Puerto Rican Jew in a sea of Scandinavians. (She's still figuring that out.) Zara gets to celebrate three New Years each year, but Rosh Hashanah—with its apples and honey and shofar—is her favorite. She lives outside of Washington, D.C. with her husband, their kids, and a curly-coated corgi named Ziggy.