Jing Jing Tsong is a mom, musician, and surfer whose grown-up job is drawing pictures. Her technique, which layers colour and texture, is influenced by her experiences working in traditional stone lithography and monoprints.

Her debut picture book, A Bucket of Blessings, written by Kabir and Surishtha Sehgal, was a New York Times bestseller.

Jing Jing and her husband Mike Austin (also a designer turned illustrator) live on an island in Washington State.