Jesse Klausmeier's acclaimed debut picture book, OPEN THIS LITTLE BOOK illustrated by Suzy Lee, won a 2013 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor for Excellence in Children's Literature, was a 2014 Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year, and a 2013 Huffington Post Best Picture Book of the Year Jesse grew up dancing, singing, reading, and writing in Madison, WI. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, she moved to Los Angeles and worked at Nickelodeon Animation Studios. After that, Jesse went to New York City where she was an assistant editor at Penguin's Dial Books for Young Readers, and after that, she came back to Madison, WI where you can find her writing books and eating way, way, WAY too many cheese curds.Visit her online: http://JesseKlausmeier.com