Jen Taylor is an illustrator and arts-and-crafts enthusiast born and raised in New Jersey. She attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where she majored in illustration and animation.

She is the illustrator of the Brave Little Camper series as well as the picture book Ninja Camp, written by Sue Fliess, and the board book Truck or Treat by Hannah Eliot. She previously worked in animation on such shows as Sid the Science Kid and Mad. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and their corgi, Rocket.