Joy Chu teaches classes on children's book illustration and portfolio development at UCSD Extended Studies. A long-time veteran of the book publishing industry, she has art directed and designed thousands of books for many publishers, most recently Levine Querido, Scholastic, and Gallaudet University Press. Prior to running her own studio, she was art director for children's and adult trade books at Harcourt in San Diego; and in-house designer at Holt, Crowell/HarperCollins, and Knopf, in New York. Her books have garnered awards from the AIGA, ALA, SCBWI, and Publishers Weekly.