The youngest of three children, Linas was raised outside Cleveland, Ohio. He went on to study art history at Harvard University, with additional studies in illustration at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. Linas spent several years editing illustrated books at Harry N. Abrams, Inc., where he had the opportunity to work with such picture-book luminaries as Laurent de Brunhoff and Maurice Sendak. Linas has been writing and illustrating books full-time since 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden, where he currently lives with his partner and a parrot named Oliver. Interviews: Click here to read an interview with Linas on Monica Wellington's blog (August 2007) Click here to read an interview with Linas on A Wrung Sponge blog (October 2007)