RAHELE JOMEPOUR BELL’s rich, textured illustrations have appeared in Angry Me by Sandra V. Feder, To Change a Planet by Christina Soontornvat (Green Earth Book Award), The Treasure Box (Bologna Illustration Exhibition award) and Our Favorite Day of the Year by A. E. Ali (Kirkus Best Picture Books of the Year), among many others. She is an assistant professor in the illustration department at Kansas City Art Institute and has her studio in Kansas state.