Born in Oregon's beautiful Willamette Valley, where he also grew up and went to college, Cristofer Edward has lived abroad since graduating. After a few stopoffs in Italy, he has now settled down in France, making a home for himself in the marvelous Alsace region. There he spends his days working on his children's books, young adult fiction, and short stories, as well as finding a few moments to teach English to the young and not-so-young.
In college, Cristofer studied creative writing and dabbled in freelance journalism, and published many short stories and poems on a local level. Since leaving, he has notably published a bilingual children's book, The Park Bench, along with illustrator Alina Burgun, and is now working on several new projects.
Look for the first installments of Freddy Fang and Max & Maxime to come fall 2014.
Alina Burgun was born in France. She spent her childhood reading bandes dessinées, or French comic books, until one day she, too, began to draw. (But she never stopped reading comic books!) She practiced her drawing and learned to ski, and to play piano, and she became an adult. Adults do funny things, and Mademoiselle Burgun was no different. She went to Italy, where she continued to draw, read and write.
