Rohitash Rao was born in an exotic, faraway land called Hyderabad, India. He then grew up in another exotic, faraway land called Rancho Cucamonga, California. He now lives in a magical city on an island called Manhattan, where he works as an animator and director. He makes films with stuffed animals, puppets, dolls, toys, and, when forced to, human beings. Herbert’s Wormhole is Rao’s first children’s book, much of which he illustrated while sitting on a broken stool in his apartment. Every day he’d draw until the leg broke off, then reglue it back on, go to bed, get up the next morning, and start again.