The COPE Creators
Martha Keswick
Cope Author
Martha Keswick is the author and creator of COPE, the bilingual Max and Mei picture books, the factual Zhongguo Mingren series, and the action-packed Pangu comic book series. Martha’s work for the Keswick Foundation often supports disaster-related projects in China. Martha lives in Hong Kong with her husband, their four children and her dog.
Mariko Jesse
Cope Illustrator
Mariko Jesse studied at Central St Martins, where she went on to be an Associate Lecturer. She is an award-winning illustrator, working on various projects around the world from picture books to ceramics. Mariko lives in San Francisco where she is always in a state of preparedness for earthquakes.
Dr Timothy Sim
Cope Editor
Dr Timothy Sim started out as a social worker, specializing in family therapy and started focusing on disaster risk reduction, writing many books in Chinese and English since working with children, their families, schools, and communities affected by the horrific Wenchuan earthquake in 2008. Tim is currently a professor at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.
