DIANA KIZLAUSKAS is a Chicago area artist whose children’s illustrations have been published by Harcourt Achieve, Macmillan McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education/Scott Foresman, Compass/Seed Media, Pauline Books & Media, EDCO/Ireland and other internationally known companies. She has written and illustrated LETTUCE! (2015), Christmas Best (2016) and A BULLY-BAD DAY (2022), picture books published independently under the imprint of Bright Bear Books. She is a Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators PAL member. Diana’s formal training includes BA degrees in Illustration and Art Education. Besides advertising, editorial and children’s illustration, her work experience includes PreK-2 teaching.