Lynnor Bontigao is the debut picture book author-illustrator of SARI-SARI SUMMERS. She illustrated 3 books in 2024: AT THE END OF THE DAY by Lisl H. Detlefsen(a JLG selection), KAILANI’S GIFT by Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young, & SEASHELL KEY(a 2024 CPL Best Fiction for Younger Readers) by Lourdes Heuer. Lynnor also illustrated THE WORLD’S BEST CLASS PLANT(one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Picture Books of 2023) by award-winning authors Liz Garton Scanlon and Audrey Vernick. Lynnor will have 2 more illustrated chapter books in the SEASHELL KEY Series in 2025. She is currently working on book projects with Minh Le coming out 2026 & Jean Reidy coming out 2027.
