This is Lincoln! Lincoln is Larisa and Dana's first kid, and Sawyer's older brother. He is learning every day how to take care of Sawyer, and sleep in other rooms in order to have alone time when he desperately needs it. 


Andrea Ruygt

Annie is an author and illustrator, personally working on children's books and also with clients on branding, web design, and storytelling illustration. When not drawing, she loves the bitterness of coffee, running barefoot on grass, reading books that scoop her away, and celebrating life with family and friends. 

Annie graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2010 with a degree in Illustration, and has illustrated several picture books, worked on murals, and posters for clients all around the United States. 


Larisa Stephenson

I hope to launch my publishing career with a children's book, I, Lincoln, Did Not Ask For This. I am also currently working on a witty memoir, I write monthly in this blog, and I am blessed with the angelic gift of deflecting all personal questions (especially in therapy sessions) with humor and a change of subject. You can find me in one of my happy places: at home with my family in NorCal, gardening, cooking, running in the mountains, or writing in a local coffee shop or brewery.

I also can't seem to figure out how to make my picture on this page smaller so it fits well with Annie's and Lincoln's pictures. So sorry!