Mike Curato Author Event-in conversation with Cat Huang

Mike Curato is the author and illustrator the children's book series Little Elliot. He has also illustrated What If… by Samantha Berger, All the Way to Havana by Margarita Engle, Worm Loves Worm by J.J. Austrian, The Power of One written by Trudy Ludwig, If I Were a Fish by Corook and Olivia Barton, and contributed to What's Your Favorite Color? by Eric Carle and Friends, Sunny Day: A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song, and Dear Heartbreak: YA Authors and Teens on the Dark Side of Love. Publishers Weekly named Mike a “Fall 2014 Flying Start.” In the same year he won the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show Founder’s Award. Mike’s debut young adult graphic novel, Flamer, was awarded the 2020 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Young Adult and the 2021 Massachusetts Book Award for Middle Grade/Young Adult. Gaysians is his adult debut.

Cat Huang is a cartoonist, educator, and art director based in Providence, Rhode Island. She is currently working on Nostalgia, a middle grade graphic novel set in a magical antique shop, where a nameless protagonist searches for their identity. She is also an Adjunct Professor at RISD, her alma mater, and a Teaching Artist at Artprof.org, a free, accessible, and comprehensive online educational platform for visual arts. She was formerly an Associate Art Director at Airbnb.