Heidi Hayden was raised in the forests of Maine and is entering her senior year as an Illustration major at the Maine College of Art. A bookworm by nature, she reads copious amounts of questionable fiction by unpublished authors, in the few moments of spare time when she is not writing and illustrating her own books. She works in gouache, ink, pencil, and fabric, and enjoys repurposing materials for her art.

Heidi recently studied abroad at the Burren College of Art in Ballyvaughan, Ireland, where her work focused on sheep, found narrative, and experimenting with the limits of ink and gouache.