Artist Priscilla Hillmann........ This self-taught artist began drawing as a child, spending hours sketching her twin sister Greta. Priscilla studied botany in college and worked for the US Oceanographic Office. She pursued her interest in art, and she is best known for her charming children"s books, which she both writes and illustrates. Cherished Teddies is her first gift collection and she has lovingly created these innocents in the earnest hope that each will find a special place in the heart and home of its adopted family.