Keith Negley is a renowned American illustrator. His work has appeared on book covers, shirts, album covers, posters, skateboards and watches, and is a regular contributor to The New York Times and The New Yorker. He graduated from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2000, and graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2013. His book Hard Types (they also have feelings) is his debut in children's literature. Keith is also an adjunct professor at Emily Carr University in Vancouver BC, and resides in the Bellingham Mountains, Washington.