Lou Fancher and her partner, Steve Johnson, have worked as a creative team for more than twenty-six years, illustrating more than forty-five children's books, including My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, Maya Angelou's Amazing Peace, and Margery Williams's The Velveteen Rabbit, adapted by Lou Fancher. They live with their son in the San Francisco Bay area. Steve Johnson and his partner, Lou Fancher, have worked as a creative team for more than twenty-six years, illustrating more than forty-five children's books, including My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, Maya Angelou's Amazing Peace, and Margery Williams's The Velveteen Rabbit, adapted by Lou Fancher. They live with their son in the San Francisco Bay area.