Charlene Chua (she/they) is the illustrator of several picture books, including Stonewall award winner 'Love, Violet' by Charlotte Sullivan Wild and the 'Amy Wu' series by Kat Zhang. She is also the author-illustrator of Hug?

When they are not making art, they enjoy cooking, reading, and playing with their cats. Charlene now lives with her husband (and cats!) in Hamilton, Ontario.