Lena Podesta

Lena Podesta is an American-born illustrator, writer, and animator who mostly creates character driven work for kids (and their adults) that is a little bit sweet and a little bit wicked too. She writes and illustrates books of her own and also illustrates books written by other authors. Her animation work includes directing, visual development, storyboarding, and character animation for TV shows, movies, and commercials. She likes being outside, old, falling apart things, bugs, dark jokes, and ice cream. She currently lives in Portland, OR with her husband and two kids.