Ainhoa Cayuso was born in Geneva and studied at the Geneva University of Art and Design and at the Hochschule Luzern - Design & Kunst in Lucerne. She has displayed in various personal and group exhibitions; her work revolves around illustration for children and intimate narration tinged with imagination. Author residence: Geneva Christoffer Ellegaard is an independent illustrator and graphic designer who was born in Denmark and arrived in Geneva at the age of 5. Since graduating from the Haute �cole d'Art et de Design de Gen�ve, he has divided his time between personal projects and commissions. Drawing is for him an inexhaustible language through which characters and stories tell his philosophy and his relationship with the world. Illustrator residence: Geneva Irene V�zquez is a Black Mexican American poet, translator, and journalist born and raised on the Gulf Coast and now residing in Manhattan. After graduating from Yale, their first poetry collection, Take Me to the Water, was released by Bloof Books in 2022. By day, Irene edits books about feisty 12-year olds at Levine Querido. When not in the world of books, Irene likes drinking coffee and watching the WNBA. Translator residence: New York, NY