Melissa Iwai

Melissa Iwai is an award-winning children’s book author and illustrator of Soup Day, Pizza Day, Dumplings for Lili, and the I Can Read series Gigi and Ojiji. She has illustrated over forty picture books during her career. Melissa lives in Brooklyn with her husband and Shiba Inu daughter, Nikki. She and has a soft spot for cuteness with attitude, and red pandas and black-and-white pandas always make her smile.