Roxie Munro is the acclaimed author/illustrator of more than forty books for children, including
Rodent Rascals,
Ranch, and many books in the Inside-Outside series. Her books have been translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, and Japanese.
Roxie was born in Texas, and grew up in southern Maryland. Fourteen of her paintings have been published as covers of the New Yorker. Her work is exhibited widely in the US in galleries and museums. Roxie studied at the University of Maryland, the Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore), earned a BFA in Painting from the University of Hawaii, attended graduate school at Ohio University (Athens), and received a Yaddo Fellowship in Painting. She lectures in museums, schools, conventions, and teaches workshops.
Roxie is married to the Swedish writer/photographer, Bo Zaunders, and lives in New York City.