Monster Hands

Karen Kane grew up in Rochester, NY and became a sign language interpreter before becoming a writer. A graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, Karen is the author of the Edgar Award-nominated book Charlie & Frog and its sequel The Boney Hand, and the “hilarious and subversive” picture book with Beth Bacon, Alphabuddies: G Is First!

Jonaz McMillan is a producer and writer for Hands Land, a series of nursery rhymes specializing in American Sign Language on Amazon Prime Video. Previously he was at Gallaudet University as a faculty member of the Art, Communication, and Theatre department after working abroad in India, Kenya, and Finland. Born and raised in Washington, D.C. he currently resides in Los Angeles.

Dion MBD (short for Dionisius Mehaga Bangun Djayasaputra) is an Indonesian illustrator/designer who lives and works between Brooklyn and Bandung. Dion received his illustration BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida, where he grew his fascination with clouds. In his downtime, Dion is either cooking, listening to John Mayer, or cloud-watching.