BOB ECKSTEIN se yon ilistratè ki genyen prim, yon otè ki gen liv ki pi vann dapre New York Times, epi yon karikatiris pou New Yorker. Pami liv li yo, nou jwenn: Inspired by Cats: Writers and Their Mews(es) (Countryman Press); Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores: True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers; Nòt anba paj ki soti nan Mize ki pi Fasilinan yo: Istwa ak Moman Memorab moun ki Renmen Mize yo rakonte; Istwa Ilistre Nonm Nèj la; ak Liv Konplè sou Non Chat (Yon non chat ou a pap janm reponn, kanmenm). Li se yon editè kontribitè pou Writer's Digest epi editè The Bob Substack. Li abite Nouyòk.