Laura Regan was born in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1950. Her family moved to the San Francisco Bay area when she was three. By the time she was in kindergarten, Laura knew that she wanted to be an artist, and she followed that path through high school and into college, where she majored in graphic design. In her spare time, Laura would paint(mainly flora and fauna), and before long she was exhibiting and selling her original pieces throughout the country. In 1990 she started illustrating. Her first children's book was illustrated for Jane Yolen ("Welcome to the Green House"). Among the 13 books that Laura has illlustrated are three more books with Jane and four books with Jean Marzollo (of "I Spy" fame), including "Mama Mama" and "Papa Papa", and most recently "Pierre the Penguin"Laura and her husband, Peter, have a large combined family, and several pets, including two dogs, a cat, and 7 chickens.