Elaine Bay

Elaine Bay is the New York Times bestselling colorist for ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market, ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat, ¡Vamos! Let's Cross the Bridge, and the rest of the Pura Belpré Award-winning Word of ¡Vamos! She is also the colorist for Schneider Family Book Award Honoree Stuntboy, in the Meantime, written by Jason Reynolds and illustrated by her New York Times bestselling collaborator, Raúl the Third. Elaine grew up in El Paso, Texas. A printmaker, graphic designer, video artist, and performance artist, she now lives in Medford, Massachusetts, with Raúl the Third and their son, Raúl the Fourth.