Tony DiTerlizzi is widely known as the co-creator and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles, a series that has been translated into thirty languages and adapted into a feature film. His new and even more exciting illustrated series for middle-grade readers began with The Search for WondLa and continues in A Hero for WondLa. In addition to his own books, DiTerlizzi has created cover art for well-known fantasy authors J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter S. Beagle, and Anne McCaffrey. He and his wife Angela and their daughter divide their time between western Massachusetts and Jupiter, Florida.