Leticia Plate has been working in the editorial world as an illustrator for many years. Clients include the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Whole Foods Market, and many other national magazines and design studios. Her style focuses on the hand drawn line, fresh and playful with flat, bold punches of color. She studied art in Rome and NYC, and now lives in Portland, Maine, with her family, a sweet dog, and two temperamental chickens.

Jessica Swift is a full-time artist and surface pattern designer who lives in Portland, Oregon. Her magically uplifting, colorful artwork is licensed widely for fabric, stationery, rugs, home decor, and more. Her art and products are designed to inspire hope and happiness—reminders that you deserve to feel good in your life. Her book, The Crafter’s Guide to Patterns, was published in April 2015, and she's also contributed artwork to several uplifting Page-A-Day calendars and other inspirational book projects. You can find her at jessicaswift.com. 

Mara Penny grew up in Lake Tahoe. She loves color, pattern, texture, and line. Mara studied both interior design and jewelry design in college and earned her BFA at CCA(C). She is a mother, a wife, a sister, and an aunt. Mara finds inspiration in fairy tales, the night sky, and sparkles, and she likes to draw, paint, sew, and read. However, she doesn't like to cook. Her husband is her best friend. She is happy.

Rebecca Bradley is an illustrator and illustration professor from Kent, England, now living and working in Baltimore, USA. She works for clients across the globe, including Chronicle Books, The Guardian UK, Flow Magazine, American Greetings, Little, Brown Books, Penguin Books, the LA Times, and many more. Her work is inspired by color and pattern, and she loves drawing, history, fashion, food, maps, flowers, lettering, museums, design, and travel. She has exhibited her work in the London Transport Museum, has illustrated maps and props for the official Twilight guide, and regularly creates food illustrations for her clients in London.