Marie Hermansson

Marie Hermansson is an illustrator who strives to create illustrations that cultivate imagination and spark natural curiosity.  She has a lifelong interest in plants, nature, and design, which led to a degree in landscape architecture and ultimately to illustration, her true passion.  When she's not working, she enjoys gardening, hiking in the forest with her family, and going to museums.  She lives with her two children and Swedish husband in North Carolina.

From inside the book, Listen to the Language of the Trees: A Story of How Forests Communicate Underground