Minh Lê is the acclaimed author of several picture books. His projects with Dan Santat include Built to Last; The Blur; Drawn Together, which won the 2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature; and Lift, which was an Eisner Award nominee and received five starred reviews. Minh is also the author of Real to Me, illustrated by Raissa Figueroa, Let Me Finish!, illustrated by Isabel Roxas, and The Perfect Seat, illustrated by Gus Gordon. Minh has written for the New York Times, the Horn Book, and the Huffington Post. He currently lives in San Diego, California with his wife and kids.