Iris Apfel: A Little Golden Book Biography

Deborah Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist and nutritionist who writes children’s books and adult novels. She has been a regular contributor to The New York Times (including four years as The New York Times Magazine beauty columnist) and a home design columnist for Long Island Newsday. Her health, fitness, beauty, travel, and feature stories have appeared widely in many other newspapers and national magazines, including The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Cosmopolitan, Woman’s Day, Family Circle, Self, and Vogue. Blumenthal’s books include Fat Chance, What Men Want, and Fat Camp, among many others. She lives in Houston, Texas.

ELLEN SURREY is an illustrator based in Los Angeles. In 2014, she graduated with distinction from the Art Center College of Design. She grew up in L.A., and her clients include the New Yorker, Google, the Wall Street Journal, and the Hollywood Reporter. She is the illustrator of Iris Apfel: A Little Golden Book Biography.