Julia Kuo is a Taiwanese-American illustrator who has worked with The New York Times, Google and Science Friday. Julia has taught illustration courses at Columbia College Chicago and at her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis. She is the illustrator of "Drawing Leaves and Tress: Observing and Sketching the Natural World," Katrina Goldsaito's "The Sound of Silence," Roni Schotter's "Go, Little Green Truck!," Melissa Gilbert's "Daisy and Josephine," "20 Ways to Draw a Dress," "20 Ways to Draw a Cat" and "Everyone Eats." Her newest picturebook is "I Dream of Popo," with Livia Blackborne.