Melissa Bailey

Melissa Bailey is an award-winning illustrator, author, and smiley person. (Seriously. She smiles all the time.)

Melissa is the author-illustrator of two books, Pug Is Happy (2018) and Imara’s Tiara (2020, cowritten with Susan R. Stoltz), and has illustrated over 50 books, including Steve the Dung Beetle (which won the 2019 Moonbeam Awards silver medal for Best Illustrator).

When she’s not in her studio splashing paint or typing away at her keyboard, she’s probably outside walking her poodles, who demand at least 2 walks a day. If it’s too dark for walks, she might be cooking (and eating), binging old TV shows, drawing, or avoiding doing the dishes. (If only poodles could be trained to wash dishes…)