JAROD ROSELLÓ is a Cuban American cartoonist, writer, and teacher originally from Miami, Florida. He holds an MFA in creative writing and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Penn State University. He is the author and artist of The Well-Dressed Bear Will (Never) be Found, the middle-grade graphic novel Red Panda & Moon Bear, with Top Shelf Comix and the forthcoming, Those Bears also with Top Shelf Comix. He teaches in the creative writing program at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

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