Denise Hillman Moynahan graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration Design. She ran DM Studio for many years illustrating educational materials, designing and constructing displays for special events, and creating art works for medical offices. She also wrote and marketed "Green Screen Stories", a series of children's stories for the early IBM computers.

In 1984 Denise joined the Central Intelligence Agency as a Visual Information Specialist and retired in 1999 as Chief of the Visual Information Staff in the Office of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology.

She studied with the Institute of Children's Literature, is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Maryland Writers' Association, the Garrett County Arts Council, and the American Association of University Women.

Denise and her husband presently live in a geodesic dome on top of Backbone Mountain in Garrett County, Maryland, where she continues to write and illustrate children's books, including one for each of her ten grandchildren.

Denise may be contacted at dmstudio@denisemoynahan.com   Please use "dmstudio" in your subject line.