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Jef Czekaj is a cartoonist, children's book author and illustrator, and musician.

Jef has written and/or illustrated 13 books with titles like Hip and Hop in the House!, Cat Secrets, A Call for a New Alphabet, and Austin, Lost in America.

His books have been named Junior Library Guild selections, designated "Must Read" by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, and won awards with names like the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award and the Young Hoosier Book Award.

His comic, Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters, ran in Nickelodeon Magazine for more than 10 years, and was collected in a graphic novel of the same name.

Jef lives and works in Somerville, MA.

BTW, Czekaj is pronounced "check-eye"!