Vladyana Langer Krykorka
Vladyana Krykorka emigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1968. Having studied art and architecture in Prague, she continued her education at the Ontario College of Art. Working as freelance illustrator and graphic designer, she has won awards for book illustration and magazine design, including the Ruth Schwartz Award and the Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice Citation. Vladyana Krykorka lives in Toronto. She has illustrated many children's picture books, including The Polar Bear's Gift, Northern Lights, Baseball Bats for Christmas, Arctic Stories, A Promise, Sundog Rescue, Arctic 1, 2, 3, Seeing and Believing and Who Wants Rocks?