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ZOE PERSICO is an award-winning, Ignatz-nominated illustrator with a love for the wild, the wondrous and the whimsical. She enjoys hiking, playing board games and tabletop RPGs, and hunting for good finds at the thrift store. She has done visual development work for Dreamworks, Bento Box Entertainment and Sesame Workshop, and her art has been exhibited at Gallery Nucleus and Light Grey Art Lab. Her publishing clients include Running Press Kids, Little Brown, Frances Lincoln, Feiwel & Friends, Little Golden Books and American Girl. Zoe lives in sunny Florida with a dog named Zombie.

Books by Zoe Persico

How to Talk to Your Succulent

After the loss of her mother, Adara struggles to communicate with her family about her grief. When a sympathetic ear arises in an unlikely place, Adara can finally find her words — but can she find the time to listen? A stunning graphic novel for middle-grade readers about family, friendship and magic in unlikely places, for fans of The Witches of Brooklyn and Raina Telgemeier.

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