Jennifer Thermes is a children’s book author, illustrator, and map illustrator. Her recent nonfiction picture books include Charles Darwin's Around The World Adventure and Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail. She has also created maps for books such as Thornghost, The Emperor’s Ostrich, and The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street. Her latest book, Manhattan: Mapping the Story of an Island (Abrams, 2019) has received five starred reviews, is a 2020 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book, and a Junior Library Guild Selection. Jennifer weaves maps that give a sense of geography and place into her stories. She is fascinated by the big picture of history and how it connects to our lives today. In her free time Jennifer likes to walk, garden, read, draw, and figure out where to put her ever-growing piles of books. She lives with her family in a quirky antique farmhouse in Connecticut.