Missy Shepler is a designer/author/illustrator who is always looking for ways to blend her love of nature and making with her professional design, illustration, and writing skills. Most of her days are spent creating projects, writing patterns, and pushing pixels around the screen for clients in the quilting and sewing industries. Recent work (see Lola and the Tree of Life by Susan Reising) has allowed her to re-discover a love for children's book illustration and a deeper connection to the natural world around us.