Taiko Bennett is a Japanese-American writer, artist, and designer who writes stories for teens and adults as well as children’s picture books. She loves writing about characters who go on adventures, feel seen and known, experience healing in community, fall in love, and find hope in dark places. She lives in central California with her two children and engineer husband. She’s a virtual assistant for authors and the social media manager for Redbud Writers Guild. You can find Taiko on Instagram @taikobennett, subscribe to her Substack (taikobennett.substack.com), and learn more about her and her writing at www.taikobennett.com.