Cozbi A. Cabrera received a BFA from Parsons School of Design. Her cloth dolls (muñecas) have garnered the attention of collectors around the world and have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. She is the illustrator of several books, including Me and Mama, which was a Caldecott Honor Book and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She is also the illustrator of Brown Girl, Brown Girl by Leslé Honoré and Exquisite: The Poetry and Life of Gwendolyn Brooks, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in Evanston, IL.
