About Deana

Deana Sobel Lederman is an author, illustrator and cartoonist. Her latest picture book, Morgan, was published by TBR Books in partnership with the Morgan Library and Museum in 2024. In 2020, TBR Books published her trilogy of picture books about the Covid-19 pandemic, “Rainbows, Masks and Ice Cream,” now available in 14 languages worldwide. She has worked extensively with the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, creating illustrations for marketing and watercolors for the Museum Shop. Her work has also been featured by the National Children’s Museum, Cluny Museum in Paris (social media), Minnesota Children’s Museum, Parents Magazine (social media), Business Insider, Barron’s, the Brooklyn Public Library, and the New York City Department of Education, where she illustrated the Chancellor’s holiday cards. You can learn more about her work in the Del Mar Times, as well as in this interview by ABC San Diego.

For many years, Deana wrote the webcomic Philip the Sea Lion. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, she illustrated and cartooned for The Daily Californian. She earned national recognition for her editorial cartoons and was a finalist for both the John Locher Memorial Award and the Society of Professional Journalism Mark of Excellence Awards.  Deana lives in San Diego, California with her husband and two young sons. She serves on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet.

You can follow Deana on Instagram @drawdeanadraw. She is represented by Kristen Terrette at Martin Literary Management.