Violaine Costa is a children’s illustrator and author of more than 60 books published in France and internationally, represented by the New York–based Advocate Art Agency. She creates poetic, immersive visual worlds that bring stories to life and spark young readers’ imaginations. She works primarily with French publishers, and also collaborates in the United States with McGraw Hill and Collective Book, as well as in the UK and other countries. Her clients include Hachette, Flammarion, Glénat Jeunesse, Hatier, Gautier-Languereau, the City of Paris, and Adobe. A board member of the French association of children’s authors and illustrators, she actively advocates for artists’ rights. She leads the Graphic Arts program at Brassart, a higher education school of arts in Annecy, where she lives in France.