Devon Holzwarth

Devon Holzwarth is a picture book illustrator, author, and painter. A Society of Illustrators gold medal winner, Devon is a recipient of the Schneider Family Book Award for LISTEN, and a notable Sydney Taylor Award for Tia Fortuna’s New Home. Devon works in mostly traditional materials including watercolor, ink, color pencil, and collage.

Devon earned her BFA in 2000 from the Rhode Island School of Design focusing on screen printing and painting, before going on to paint murals around the San Francisco Bay Area. Born in Washington D.C., Devon grew up in Panamá surrounded by nature and her dad's art supplies. She has lived in many places, including Germany, where she currently resides with her husband, two kids, a galgo dog from Spain and a little dachshund from Romania.