Aimee Steinberger lives in California with her husband, Mitch and fat black cat, Youta. She grew up in Charleston, South Carolina.

Aimee is an alumni of California Institute of the Arts (BFA in Character Animation). She currently works as an animation artist (most recently on Futurama) and previously worked on the Simpsons, for Warner Brothers and for Disney. She is also a staff writer for Haute Doll Magazine and does freelance articles for various doll and manga publications. You can find Aimee's resume here.

Her most recent book is Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventures in Japan, which is released in Dec 2007 from Go!Comi.

Other than her obvious love of animation, Aimee has a passion for sewing, kimono, haute couture, Sanrio, ball-jointed dolls, Japan, action flics, folk lore, the ocean and the colors pink, blue and lime.