Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, Veselina Tomova graduated from Leipzig's School of Graphic Art and Book Design before moving to Newfoundland and Labrador. A graphic designer and award-winning artist, she has illustrated several books for Running the Goat, including PB's Comet, Daphne's Bees, and The Wall & the Wind, which she also wrote. Veselina divides her time between St. John's, Newfoundland, where she lives in a small house overlooking the harbour, and Rusalya, Bulgaria, a village chockful of memorable characters, where she tends her family's huge vegetable garden and enjoys the antics of Bucky the dog and Ginger the cat.