Maria Carluccio is an artist, teacher, author, and dreamer whose children’s books have been published and reprinted in several languages throughout the world, and she has licensed her work to numerous international companies. Maria earned her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and her MFA from the Fashion Institute of Technology. She lives in Columbus, Ohio, and teaches illustration at Columbus College of Art and Design. Maria has received multiple awards for her work from the New York Society of Illustrators and 3×3 magazine.