Diane Iverson

Diane Iverson was born in Fresno, California and raised just outside the small San Joaquin Valley farming town of Kerman. She grew up on a cotton, alfalfa and dairy farm. Diane is the author and/or illustrator of over 20 books. Her illustrations are in the permanent collections of the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature (Fresno, California) and the Mazza Museum of International Art from Children's Books (Findlay, Ohio). She works primarily in colored pencil on Bristol board...See more

Diane Iverson was born in Fresno, California and raised just outside the small San Joaquin Valley farming town of Kerman. She grew up on a cotton, alfalfa and dairy farm. Diane is the author and/or illustrator of over 20 books. Her illustrations are in the permanent collections of the Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature (Fresno, California) and the Mazza Museum of International Art from Children's Books (Findlay, Ohio). She works primarily in colored pencil on Bristol board. She also enjoys rendering in pencil. Diane is a founding member of the Coalition for Compassion and Justice, a nonprofit that addresses the needs of low-income residents in Yavapai County, Arizona. She is the recipient of the 2016 Albert Lovejoy Social Justice Award. Diane and her husband, Doug Iverson, have made their home in Prescott, Arizona since 1996. They have two daughters and seven grandchildren. See less