JOE SUTPHIN is a New York Times Bestselling illustrator and cartoonist whose body of work includes the Eisner Award-winning Watership Down: The Graphic Novel, the re-envisioned editions of Little Pilgrim’s Progress and Little Christmas Carol, Andrew Peterson’s beloved epic, the Wingfeather Saga, and many more. Joe's early childhood creativity was formed by films like the Secret of NIMH and by encounters with the wild creatures of the fields and woods around his home. He now lives in a barn with his wife Gina and their five cats.