About the Author and Illustrator
Sasha Graham, Author
It was the publicity tour for WHITNEY WINS EVERYTHING that inspired Sasha to launch her podcast, SPORTS WILL SAVE US ALL, bringing listeners great sports stories about the incredibly unifying nature of sports and all of the ways sports affect our lives.
Sasha loves animals, sports, going on adventures with her husband and their three kids, reading, and, of course, dreaming up new Tiny Ninja stories. She is a longtime volunteer at Camelot Therapeutic Horsemanship and a board member of The Giving Group AZ. She has been skydiving twice, bungee jumping once and dreams of visiting Madagascar to see the ring-tailed lemurs there.
Sasha & Alan live in beautiful Arizona where they encourage each other, and their children, Finn, Indy & Odessa, to always listen to their Tiny Ninjas.
Angelina Valieva, Illustrator
Illustrator Angelina Valieva was born into the family of artist Vladimir Valiev in Uzbekistan, and it was thanks to her father that she chose this fascinating profession. From a young age, her father directed her hand and taught her to draw.
In 2005, she graduated from Republic Art College, where she studied graphic design. In addition to illustrating numerous children’s books that have been published worldwide, Angelina has participated in various international art competitions and has won many awards.
Angelina’s favorite genre to illustrate is fantasy. “Working with children's illustrations gives you the opportunity to go back to your childhood and feel like a child again. This is a fabulous world; there are no borders and nothing is impossible. It makes me really happy when I dive into the atmosphere of a fairy tale world again and again.”