Johnston Hancock, Lisa: - Lisa Johnston Hancock is an award-winning studio artist, picture book illustrator and art educator. She enjoys creative work that focuses on environmental education, nurturing a lifelong positive awareness and caring for the natural world. Having spent over a decade teaching at both the high school and university level, she now finds that she is drawn to crafting stories through pictures. She regularly participates in critique groups through SCBWI and is on the volunteer committee for her local chapter. Lisa lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband and two children.