Marilyn Guttridge
SIDA CHEN
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Marilyn Guttridge was born and raised on the family farm in Oregon. When she was just a babe in arms, the first book her mother ever read to her was Tom Clancy’s Clear and Present Danger, and ever since then she’s been a collector of odd books. Marilyn grew up immersed in fantasy and science fiction of both the bestseller and obscure varieties, and was writing her first stories at the age of twelve—though she was telling them a long time before that.
Now as a community college student, Marilyn is a fan of all things that go bump in the night. She hopes that one day her stories will capture the imagination the same way her favorite books captured hers.
ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR
Sida Chen was born in rural China and lived there until she was five. She doesn’t remember too much about her time there, and only retains a little of the language. When she arrived in Manhattan, she picked up English quickly and moved on to devour most of the local library’s stash of fantasy books. After her mother bought her a Lisa Frank unicorn book, Sida began to dedicate an equal amount of time to drawing unicorns and dragons.
As she grew, she and her parents moved around the US, from Manhattan to Connecticut, before finally settling on Long Island. Though the amount of time she spent on books diminished, her doodling never stopped. Near the beginning of middle school, her father bought her a tablet as a birthday present and she began to experiment outside of traditional art using programs like Painter and Photoshop. Today her art still contains a lot of dragons but currently her favorite settings to illustrate are steampunk inspired.
Sida is currently studying biochemistry and visual arts at Columbia University and hopes to start a web comic this summer.
Sida’s website is Junedays.deviantart.com.