About Us

Diana Otto was born and raised in Southern California. As a child, Diana was an avid reader and enjoyed creative writing.  In this book series, she brings the opportunity for young readers to learn facts through fiction in a magical way.  She currently resides in the Los Angeles area, where she and her husband are raising their two daughters, both of whom were adopted from China. She is currently working with her co-author Ann on the third book of the 

MYSTERIES OF THE ATTIC TRUNK 

series which will take place in New York.

Ann Rybowiak was born in Chicago, Illinois.  After a particularly cold winter, she decided that moving to warm and sunny California to get her Master's degree was a good decision.  Her career took her into Instructional Design, where writing is the primary job requirement.  She has written educational software games for kindergarten through high school students, covering topics in math, English and history.  She currently resides in Southern California with her husband and teenage son who is competing with his mom to be an aspiring author.

A lifelong artist, Brenda Salmone spent the majority of her professional career creating art for computer games and children's edutainment software.  Now, she uses the additional tools provided by a computer to enhance and finalize her illustrations for production.  After several years of creating makeup effects for film and haunt events, she has retuned to her first love of tractional art creation.