About Costantia Manoli Books
Costantia Manoli, award-winning author of Tomatoes in My Lunchbox, was born in the United Kingdom to Cypriot parents. She spent the picture book period of her life in London contending with a name that even she has difficulty pronouncing in English, and her middle-grade and young adult years in Cyprus, the USA and the UK. She now lives on the outskirts of a hot, dusty village in Cyprus where her two daughters, hubby, lioness-dog Luna and hyperactive doggo Woody keep her busy in a tangle of story ideas, new characters, and constant interruptions. Leah Giles grew up outside of Toronto, Canada. From an early age, she could be found drawing pigs and superheroes in her dad's antique books. Leah now resides in a noisy little apartment in Brooklyn, NY, where she splatters paint and collages paper to create stories that celebrate joy. Leah is a fan of all things brightly bold, colorfully collaged, and radically lovely. Most of the time, she can be found with her kitten napping on her shoulder while she draws.
