Skye Ali is a Korean-American children's book author-illustrator. She has a deep appreciation for memorable characters and emotionally moving scenes and is always excited to visualize new story ideas. She can usually be found making goofy drawings of her two human children (and her three dog children).

Skye is working on her author-illustrator debut picture book, Umma's Store, set to come out with Tundra in April 2027. She is also illustrating Somi's Star Student Day by Yoojin Grace Wuertz, coming out with Penguin Workshop in Fall 2027.

People she's worked with:
Tundra Books, Penguin Random House, The Washington Post, The Library of Virginia, Narratively, Eifrig Publishing, Whiteboard Geeks, Inheritance Magazine, The Commonwealth Times

Recognitions:
Society of Illustrators Original Art Show 2024 (My Grammie's House)
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard (My Grammie's House)

For literary inquiries, contact Andrea Morrison at Writers House: amorrison@writershouse.com

For anything else, contact Skye directly at: skye.illustration@gmail.com