JQ Sirls is an American designer, illustrator, author, entrepreneur, public speaker, and self-proclaimed ‘imagination evangelist.’ JQ is the founder of Fantoria, an in-house children’s story-studio that shares the same name of a fantasy world JQ created when he was seven-years-old. The company creates whimsical entertainment that act as a doorway to the fantasy world where imaginary creatures roam and create mischief. JQ is the illustrator of Hair (written by Angela C. Styles) as well as the author and illustrator of It All Started When, The Book of I.F., and No Monster No!. Originally from Kansas City, Missouri, JQ now lives and works in Los Angeles, California—and sometimes Fantoria.