Monika Filipina is a children’s book illustrator and author based in Toruń, Poland. She earned her MA in Children’s Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. Monika has illustrated over 50 books published worldwide, with titles translated into more than 20 languages, and has written and illustrated 11 picture books. Inspired by animals and nature, she works in gouache, pencils, and collage. She lives with her family and an energetic wire-haired dachshund.