Maira Kalman is a writer, illustrator, and designer, who has published over twenty-five books for adults and children, including an illustrated edition of Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style. She is a contributor to the New Yorker, and her online illustrated columns for the New York Times, The Principles of Uncertainty and And the Pursuit of Happiness, were compiled into books by Penguin Press. She is the owner of a pair of Toscanini’s pants and is represented by the Julie Saul Gallery.