Tammie Lyon, the illustrator of the Katie Woo and Pedro series says that these characters are two of her favorites. Tammie has illustrated numerous books for children, creating work for Disney, Scholastic, Simon and Schuster, Penguin, HarperCollins and Amazon Publishing to name a few.She has turned to writing and illustrating her own titles as well. Her first Picture Book Olive and Snowflake was released to starred reviews from Kirkus and School Library Journal. Tammie lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband Lee and two dogs, Amos and Artie. She spends her days writing and drawing in her home studio in the woods surrounded by wildlife and of course, two mostly always sleeping dogs.