ERIN GALLAGHER is a freelance illustrator. She is a NYC girl who grew up in Queens, went to the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and now lives in Brooklyn with her husband, fellow artist Tom Valente, and their two kittens: Penny & Desmond. Erin's interests include: Kurt Vonnegut, Full Metal Alchemist, ice cream, the White Stripes, Neil Gaiman, LOST, Hello Kitty, heirloom tomatoes, infusing vodka, Jeffrey Campbell shoes, traveling, M.I.A. and dark chocolate with sea salt — not necessarily in that order.