Kelly M. Houle, FLS, DipSBA, is an Arizona-based artist and writer working in graphite, watercolor, and oil. Her books, paintings, and prints are in numerous public and private collections around the world, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Israel, Lebanon, India, Japan, and Australia. Kelly has a diploma in botanical art from the Society of Botanical Artists in London and an MFA in creative writing from Arizona State University. She is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. She is hard at work creating an illuminated manuscript based on Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species.