Doug Hansen

Doug Hansen was born in Fresno, California, and is the eldest of six children in an artistic family. He is the author-illustrator of "California, the Magic Island," "Aesop in California," and "Mother Goose in California," and he illustrated David "Mas" Masumoto's books "Letters to the Valley: A Harvest of Memories" and "Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer." Hansen has worked as a Fresno Bee newsroom artist, freelance illustrator, and cartoonist, and he currently teaches illustration at his alma mater, California State University, Fresno.

Doug illustrated Karen Moore's "Pen the Tale, Oogie", published Dec. 8, 2016.

Fans of Doug's art may want to search for copies of "Fresno Sketchbook", "Fresno Sketchbook II", and "The Fresno Coloring Book".