JD Donnelly is a part-time cryptid and full-time writer and artist. She was born on a beach where dolphins played, grew up in an enchanted forest filled with deer, and studied Studio Art and Creative Writing at Hollins University, home to many squirrels. In her quest to draw and write about dragons and cryptids, she graduated top of her class, was inducted into Sigma Tau Delta and Phi Beta Kappa, and joined the Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators. Her etchings, block prints, and scratchboards have been featured in shows and conventions around the country, included in collaborative tarot decks, and have earned many awards and contest prizes, including a full-sized printing press. When not worming her way through piles of books or spending hours making art and writing, she's doting on her cuddly corgi and squishy axolotls.
