| Paul Carr was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in Black Diamond, Washington.Paul’s mother was a professional short-story writer for 50 years. During careers in government and real estate, he has continued writing articles, poems, and lyrics while performing in night clubs, churches, and civic venues as a singer, songwriter and musician.He has appeared in several musicals, and won poetry and novel awards in 2002 and 2003 at the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference.His interest in writing an epic poem grew after he and his wife, Libby, began standing in for “Santa and Mrs. Claus” some years ago. They were the Co-chairs of the Seattle Statue of Liberty Project to restore the park plaza at Alki Beach in Seattle, for which they won the Denny Award. |
Herb Leonhard was born in Munich, Germany but grew up in the United States.One of his earliest memories was of a beautifully illustrated series of German children’s books. This, along with a childhood spent within the pages of comics, inevitably led to a career as an artist with a love of many of the classic illustrators, both traditional and contemporary, including the Pre-Raphaelites, Maxfield Parrish, Alphonse Mucha, N.C. Wyeth, Brian Froud and Roger Dean.Having been a professional illustrator and graphic designer for more than twenty-five years and illustrated over 25 books, his work has won numerous awards. Yet he remains able to observe the natural world around us with a sense of wonder, and sees every subsequent painting and drawing as a new learning experience.Herb lives in Prosser, WA with his wife, son, two horses, four cats and a plethora of chickens.His work can be seen at: www.herbleonhard.com |
