John Grandits is an award-winning book and magazine designer and the author of Beatrice Black Bear, a monthly cartoon for Click magazine. He lives in Red Bank, N.J., with his wife, Joanne, a children s librarian, and Gilbert, an evil cat. His first book of concrete poetry, Technically, It s Not My Fault, followed the adventures of a boy named Robert, who was often in conflict with his older sister, Jessie. Blue Lipstick gives Jessie a chance to tell her side of the story.