Martin Lemelman has illustrated over thirty children's books and is the author-illustrator of the graphic memoirs
Two Cents Plain (Bloomsbury) and
Mendel's Daughter: A Memoir (Free Press). He hopes that
The Miracle Seed inspires his granddaughters and other young women to ask hard questions about the world and persevere in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Martin lives in Florida, where he is a certified Florida Master Gardener. Visit Martin's website at
lemelmanart.com and follow him on Twitter @MartinLemelman.