Priscilla Van Der Weele graduated from Kansas State University with a Master of Arts in English in their Children’s Literature track. By day, she’s an academic designer for McGraw Hill. By night, she writes poetry and makes art from paint, cut paper, and ephemera.

Her collage, “Intuitions and Inspirations,” was an award winner of the National Collage Society’s 2023 Small Format Exhibition at Kansas City Public Library.

She is one-fifth of the Remarkable Monkeys, an alumni of Pitch Wars, and a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).

Priscilla lives in Kansas City, Missouri.