Vera Brosgol was born in Moscow, Russia in 1984 and moved to the United States when she was five. She studied Classical Animation at Sheridan College and spent many years working in feature animation, but now she is writing and drawing books full-time.
She has storyboarded for Laika on the feature films Coraline, Paranorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings, and was Head of Story for the Academy-Award-winning Pinnochio.
Her first graphic novel, Anya’s Ghost, was published in 2011 and won an Eisner Award. Her first picture book, Leave Me Alone, was published in 2016 and won a Caldecott Honor.
She lives in Portland, OR with a small dog and a sourdough starter.
