Laura Diehl was born in 1983 in Norman, Oklahoma. The first decade of her life was a time of magic: hedge forts, rolleypolley wars, and fairies. As a young child she loved to draw and papered the dining room walls with her crayon drawings many times over. She discovered digital art in 1998, when she got her first art tablet and PC. By her junior year in high school, she spent the majority of her freetime creating digital paintings and studying art on her own, dreaming of a career in illustration. In May 2006, she graduated from James Madison University with a BFA in Painting. In the past year she has worked with numerous clients around the globe as a freelance illustrator, creating everything from book covers to concept art. She is also in the process of planning, writing, and illustrating her own children’s fantasy picture books. Laura now lives in a small town in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. When she’s not illustrating, she likes to devour the public library, watch Miyazaki films, bake ultimatedouble chocolate cookies, and play oldschool RPGs.

Telephone: 540.322.1776
Website: http://www.ldiehl.com/