Conceived in New York, born in London and living in San Francisco, Sonia Harris has been designing since she could hold a pencil. Since 1998 she has professionally designed books, covers and logos. In addition to her career in graphic design, for seven years she wrote the weekly column and reported for premier comic book news site; Comics Book Resources. She began drawing patterns in 2017 to cope with the side effects of breast cancer treatment. More about her pattern designs can be found in her "Swearing Pattern Coloring Book" series.