After discovering Shaun Tan’s The Arrival in a school library as a teen, Charis fell in love with illustration. Since then she has drawn book covers, fantasy maps, board games, street protests, in the jungle, on a boat, by a glacier. Once a secondary school teacher, she still enjoys geeking out with teens and adults over visual storytelling. She lives in Malaysia with her family and Manggis, their feline companion who has plenty of opinions on art but absolutely no interest in learning to draw.