Emily Rosenthal (she/her) is an illustrator and writer based in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally from New York, she graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2019 with a BFA in Illustration and Humanistic Studies. Since, she has created picture books and comics, taught art classes for kids, worked at a non-profit, and read a whole lot of books.

She loves mixing the magical with the mundane. Her goal is to ground even the most outlandish idea in heart. Monsters, Jewish folklore, disability justice, LGBTQ+ liberation, and metaphors are just some of the places she finds inspiration.

Her debut picture book LEROY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY (illustrated by Thai My Phuong) will be published by Bloomsbury in 2026.

She can be contacted at: ekrosenthalart@gmail.com and is represented by Alexandra Weiss at Azantian Literary Agency.

She can be found on Instagram here.