Chiaki Okada Editor, Illustrator & Author

Chiaki Okada is a children's book illustrator from Japan. She studied illustration at Setsu Mode Seminar in Tokyo, Japan. Chiaki is the illustrator of numerous picture books that have been translated throughout the world, including Two Little Red Mittens and For All the Stars Across the Sky. Her book What Comes After the Snow?, was co-created with her husband Ko. She lives in Tokyo, at the foot of Mount Takao, with her husband and their dog Urushi. Ko Okada is a children’s author from Japan. He has written a number of books for children which celebrate the curiosity of children. What Comes After the Snow?, co-created with his wife Chiaki, is his first book to be published in English. He lives in Tokyo, at the foot of Mount Takao, with his wife and their dog Urushi.