Virginia Howard

Virginia Howard, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, works part time for Louisiana State University Medical Alumni Association as alumni magazine editor, graphic designer, and tiger artist. She illustrated the picture book, Timothy Hubble and the King Cake Party, by Anita Prieto (Pelican Publishing, 2009) and is one of nine contributing authors of The Bayou Bogeyman Presents: Hoodoo and Voodoo. She has two published murder mysteries, co-authored with her sister-in-law under the pseudonym H. O. Ward. She is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and has been editor of THEMA literary journal since its inception in 1988.