Rashin Kheiriyeh is an internationally recognized, award-winning illustrator, author, animator, and painter who has over twenty years of experience in publication and broadcasting. She has published over eighty children’s books in many countries.

She has received many national and international awards including the Sendak Fellowship Award. Rashin is the character artist of the most popular Iranian animated series, Shekarestan/Sugarland. She was born in Iran but now lives in Washington, DC.