Shaina Feinberg is a writer and filmmaker. Her films have been commissioned by the New York Times and screened around the world (including in the United States, Turkey, Australia, Canada, and Japan), and she is a recipient of the Reboot Studios Grant (2023). She is also the author of two books for adults, both illustrated by Julia Rothman, and her work has been featured in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Topic, Audible, and This American Life. Together, she and Julia Rothman write and illustrate the column Scratch in the New York Times, where they interview real people about their jobs. Shaina Feinberg lives in Brooklyn with her partner and their two children.
Julia Rothman is the author and illustrator of many books for children and adults, including most recently The Real Dada Mother Goose: A Treasury of Complete Nonsense by Jon Scieszka, and Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture by Joshua David Stein. She is the creator of the Anatomy series, as well as other books for adults. In 2017, she cofounded Women Who Draw, an open directory of female-identifying illustrators, artists, and cartoonists. Together, she and Shaina Feinberg write and illustrate the column Scratch in the New York Times, where they interview real people about their jobs. Julia Rothman lives in Brooklyn.
