About

Lisa Johnston Hancock is a children’s book illustrator, author and designer. A former art teacher, Lisa loves sharing techniques with both kids and adults. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from The Savannah College of Art and Design and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from The University of Alabama, grounding her creative work in strong technical training across multiple visual art disciplines.

Lisa’s stories are inspired by personal experiences and thoughtfully integrate STEAM-focused learning. A published illustrator, Santiago and Great Bear: A Friendship Written in the Stars marks her first picture book as both illustrator and author, reflecting her passion for sharing artistic principles and fun nature facts with children.

When Lisa is not illustrating or writing, you can find her gardening, traveling, bird watching, practicing Spanish or playing her mint green p-bass named Birdie. In a former life, she’s pretty sure that she was an ornithologist, or maybe a barn swallow. Originally from Mobile, Alabama, the birthplace of Mardi Gras, Lisa now calls the Los Angeles area home, where she lives with her family of four, plus two cats, one dog and a bearded dragon.

For all inquiries contact Lisa ljhancock.artist@gmail.com

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