Wendy Peabody has been drawing and writing stories about dragons and reptiles since early childhood. Growing up as an American in Spain, she was strongly influenced by the art, history and culture there, as well as that of Europe and the United Kingdom. She studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and went on to work as a freelance illustrator and computer game monster designer in the early to mid 90s. She is the mother of an adult daughter and son, and currently lives in California. The Dragonytes have been a big part of her inner world since age 7. They were slowly