Susan Kathleen Hartung

Susan Kathleen Hartung is a children's book illustrator who has been drawing since childhood and established her reputation with the Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning picture book Dear Juno in 1999. A graduate of the School of Visual Arts in New York City, she has illustrated acclaimed titles such as One Dark Night, One Leaf Rides the Wind, and A Mom for Umande. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she lives in Brooklyn, Michigan, and has worked as a full-time illustrator since 1998, with prior experience in advertising, design, and photography.[1][2]