Colleen AF Venable is the author of the National Book Award longlist graphic novel Kiss Number 8, as well as forthcoming middle grade graphic novels, and the Pet Shop Private Eye graphic novels. Her picture books include Mervin the Sloth Is About to Do the Best Thing in the World and Amy the Red Panda Is Writing the Best Story in the World. Her day jobs have included marketing positions at the Children's Book Council and Roaring Brook Press, before becoming art director at First Second and Workman Publishing. She is currently founding art director of the new Odd Dot imprint at Macmillan. She grew up in Walden, New York, and attended Wagner College, where she majored in English and studio art. Colleen AF Venable lives in Brooklyn, New York.
