Maria De La Cruz, PhD is a psychologist, a teacher and the author of The Killer Bee Who Loved. Maria and her husband John live in Fredericksburg, Texas with youngest son Steven, two ornery dogs and five concerned cats Tammy Griffiths is the illustrated the Killer Bee Who Loved. Tammy and her husband, Brian, are both teachers living in the Texas Hill Country. They have two sons, Justin and Jesse. Her cats, Draco and Sebastian, were by her side the whole time she worked on the illustrations for The Killer Bee Who Loved.