Betty C. Tang is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of the Jacky Ha-Ha series of graphic novels by James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein. She has worked for various Hollywood animation studios including Disney TV and DreamWorks Animation, and co-directed an animated feature called Where’s the Dragon? Betty is also a fourth-degree black belt in Aikido, a Japanese martial art. Born in Taiwan, Betty immigrated to California as a parachute kid when she was ten. She lives in Los Angeles.