Jenny Jaeckel is the award-winning author and illustrator of several books including her novel House of Rougeaux-a companion book to Boy, Falling, a collection of illustrated short fiction entitled For the Love of Meat, and the graphic novel memoir Spot 12: Five Months in the Neonatal ICU. When not writing, Jaeckel works as an editor and translator. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia, with her family.