Maria van Lieshout
 

Maria van Lieshout is a Dutch-American illustrator and graphic novelist.
She was born and raised in the Netherlands, and studied graphic design at George Washington University in DC. Maria has illustrated and written 15 picture books for kids. Her graphic novel Song of a Blackbird is inspired by historic events, including those that affected her own family, during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Maria lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and their son.