Herb Leonhard was born in Munich, Germany but grew up in the United States. One of his earliest memories was of a beautifully illustrated series of German children's books. This, along with a childhood spent within the pages of comics, inevitably led to a career as an artist with a love of many of the classic illustrators, both traditional and contemporary, including the Pre-Raphaelites, Maxfield Parrish, Alphonse Mucha, N.C. Wyeth, Brian Froud and Roger Dean.

Having been a professional illustrator and graphic designer for more than twenty-five years and won numerous awards, he remains able to observe the natural world around us with a sense of wonder, and sees every subsequent painting and drawing as a new learning experience.

His published illustration works include the book 'Leonardo's Monster' by Jane Sutcliffe, 'Way Out West On My Little Pony' by Jan Peck, 'A Southern Child's Garden of Verses' by David Davis, 'St. Patrick and the Three Brave Mice' by Joyce A. Stengel, “Lyrics'� by Tori Amos, 'Billy's Mountain' by Steve Richardson, 'Kyleah's Tree' by Janet Muirhead Hill, 'An Inmate's Daughter' by Jan Walker, a series of classic fairy tales for Steiner Korea and his own stories, 'Sir Norman & the Dreaming Dragon', 'The Faerie Garden Coloring Book' and 'The Fae Nouveau Coloring Book'.

He lives in the American Pacific Northwest with his wife, son, two horses, three cats and a plethora of chickens.