Sheila Bair has had a long and distinguished career in finance, academia, and government. She is perhaps best known as the Chair of the FDIC during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, when she was twice named by
Forbes Magazine as the second most powerful woman in the world. A lifelong advocate for strong financial regulation and consumer protections, she is the author of the
New York Times bestseller
Bull by the Horns, her memoir of the financial crisis, and is a frequent op-ed contributor and TV commentator, as well as author of several children's books on financial matters.
Manuela López is a freelance illustrator living and working in Terrassa, a small city in the northeast of Spain. Since she earned a Certificate of Higher Education in Illustration she has been working on children's books with many local publishers.