Sherry Rogers

Sherry Rogers is a freelance children’s-book illustrator who spent 12 years working as a corporate graphic designer and artist before moving into illustration. She illustrated Sort It Out! by Barbara Mariconda and has also illustrated The Penguin Lady, Ten for Me, Hey Diddle Diddle, Newton and Me, Moose and Magpie, Paws, Claws, Hands & Feet, The Deductive Detective, Kersplatypus, Burro’s Tortillas, and If You Were a Parrot.

Rogers lives in Northern California with her family and pets. Her illustration of The First Fire drew on the story of her ancestor, Na Ni, a Cherokee woman from the mountains of North Carolina.