Vanessa Westgate grew up in England and moved to New York when she was twenty-two to become an artist. She loves to travel and later she became a travel writer and photographer. Now she lives in Los Angeles and writes and illustrates picture books for children. She has a B/A in geography and especially loves to write about nature and animals and she hopes to inspire children to cherish the amazing world around us. When not working she enjoys hiking in the mountains and along the coast in beautiful southern California.