Hallie Bateman is an author and illustrator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her next book, a collaboration with her mom called What To Do When You Get Dumped, comes out in 2025. You can purchase prints here. For Cup of Jo, Hallie has also written about how parents choose their children’s last names.
P.S. The comic about parenting double standards we can’t stop thinking about and three great poems on motherhood.
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