Stephanie Graegin is the author-illustrator of The Long Ride Home, Fern and Otto: A Story About Two Best Friends and Little Fox in the Forest. She is also the illustrator of over two dozen books for children, including You Were the First by Patricia MacLachlan and the Heartwood Hotel Series by Kallie George. Stephanie received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA in printmaking from Pratt Institute. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
