Leslie Prescott received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art where she majored in painting and illustration. She enjoyed working as an art teacher for many years in Holbrook, MA. She currently has three books published that she has both written and illustrated – Please, Thank You, Yes, Okay, and Other Nice Things to Say, The Twelve Cats of Christmas with The Twelve Dogs of Christmas, as well as Doodles the Clown and The Birthday Gift and she has also illustrated the children’s book Substitute Bear.