Dorothy Thompson Perez has a BFA from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania; she has also studied art in Florence, Italy. An active participant in the Lebanon, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, she has done design and illustration work in the advertising and publishing industries. She has illustrated several Morehouse books, including The Parish Acolyte Guide, The Acolyte Leader's Resource Guide, The Anglican Young People's Dictionary, and What We Do in Church: An Anglican Child's Activity Book. Dorothy lives in Lebanon, Pennsylvania with her husband and three children.