About Toni Yuly

Toni Yuly was born in Seattle, WA and fell in love with Eastern sensibilities during a year spent in Sendai, Japan when she was just 17. She graduated from the University of Washington with a BFA in painting where she studied with the great American painter Jacob Lawrence. Now, after many years as a librarian in the King County Library System (she took a ferry to work!) Toni dedicates herself to designing, painting and writing children's books full-time.