Breena Bard is an Oregon Book Award-winning cartoonist who writes for kids and kids at heart. Her middle grade graphic novels include Trespassers (Scholastic/Graphix, 2020) and Wildfire (Little, Brown Ink, fall 2023) and she has self published a number of comics, including a memoir about the birth of her son (Hey Baby, 2016). She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two kids. When she's not working on books, Breena enjoys eating pizza, watching movies, playing the drums, and exploring the outdoors with her family.