Maria Kernahan and Michael Schafbuch are the team who create the Alphabet Places series of books published by Dry Climate Studios. Maria has written fiction and non-fiction books and lves in Chicago. Michael is an illustrator living in Seattle with a penc Michael Schafbuch is an artist and illustrator in Seattle, Washington. Practicing in the mediums of oil and digital design, his vision is to create images from a child's perspective. He is currently illustrating a series of books about the places people love published by Dry Climate Studios.