Cécile Roumiguière is a playwright and bestselling author based in Paris. She is the founder of Plateau Lecture, a collective that organizes public lectures. Benjamin Lacombe is one of the leading representatives of the new French illustration. At the age of 19, he published his first graphic novel and several other illustrated books. His final school project, Cerise Griotte (Cherry and Olive), became his first children’s book and was published by Seuil Jeunesse in March 2006. It was published the following year by Walker Books (USA) and listed as one of Time’s 10 best children’s books in 2007. Since then, Lacombe has written and illustrated a number of books and regularly exhibits his work, most prominently with galleries such as Ad Hoc Art (New York), Dorothy Circus (Rome), Maruzen (Tokyo), Nucleus (Los Angeles), and Daniel Maghen Gallery (Paris). Lacombe lives and works in Paris with his dogs, Virgile and Lisbeth.