Hi, I’m Geo from Sauk City, Wisconsin! I wear many hats—artist, author, and teacher—but I’m also a TikTok and Instagram creator with over 2 million combined followers. Before my accidental internet fame, I spent my entire career in art education and nonprofit work. This year is particularly exciting because my first book, which I both wrote and illustrated, is being released on September 24th! The book, titled Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet, perfectly blends my love for science, history, art, and all things strange and wild. The lakes featured in the book aren’t spooky because of ghosts or ghouls, but rather due to natural phenomena, scientific oddities, human interactions, environmental disasters, and the mysteries lurking beneath the surface.