Maryana Kachmar was born in Lviv, Ukraine in 1983. She holds a Masters of Sacred Art from the National Academy of Arts in Lviv and now participates in the artistic group Zohrafos. Maryana has worked as editor and artist for several Christian children's magazines (including 'Angelyatko' and 'Flashlight') and was chief artist and co-founder for a publishing company, Country of Angels. Over the last ten years, she has illustrated more than two hundred journals and ten books, including numerous children's books ('ABC,' 'Miracle in the Woods,' 'Christmas,' and 'Poems for Boys and Girls'). Fond of singing and making puppets, Maryana is the mother of two cheerful and energetic boys who inspire her daily with new pictures!.