Deanna Kizis (deannakizis.com) is a journalist, author, and screenwriter. She was the West Coast editor of
Elle magazine and a contributor at
Harper's Bazaar, and her byline has appeared
Vanity Fair,
People,
Us,
Details,
Self,
Glamour,
Redbook,
Allure,
Cosmopolitan,
Entertainment Weekly,
Nylon, and many others. She's also penned screenplays for ABC, MTV, Sony and Paramount.
Please Don't Read This Book! is her first children's book. Deanna lives in Los Angeles, California, and loves her dog, her kid, her cat, burritos, and gardening, but definitely not in that order. (Hint: She really loves her kid. And burritos. Definitely both of those things.) Follow Deanna on Twitter @dkizis and on Instagram @deannasayswhat.
Sam Boughton (samboughton.co.uk) is an award-winning British artist and illustrator with degrees in illustration from Bristol UWE and the Cambridge School of Art. She is the author/illustrator of
Hello, Dinosaurs! and
The Extraordinary Gardener. Sam lives in Teignmouth, UK. Follow her on Twitter @samillustrates and on Instagram @samboughton.
Praise for Please Don't Read This Book:"Inviting of energetic engagement and laughter." --
Kirkus Reviews
"A brilliant job of engaging even the most reluctant reader, showing how much fun a book can be." --
New York Journal of Books
"'Please Don’t Read This Book!' is hard to resist — and that’s clearly the plan." --
The Virginian-Pilot