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For over seven years, Terryl worked for Lucasfilm LTD., Industrial Light and Magic and George Lucas' JAK Films and is considered the foremost creature designer in the world. Her unique combination of illustration skills and comprehensive knowledge of animal anatomy and movement are essential components in the design, anatomy and physical animation aspects of creature creation. In her work on the new Star Wars trilogy, she worked directly with George Lucas for whom she designed countless creatures for the films and related products, including CD-ROMs. A collection of her work for Lucasfilm, "The Wildlife of Star Wars," was published by Chronicle Books in 2001 to critical acclaim and popular success. Terryl also designed for many electronic and interactive games for leading publishers including Steven's Spielberg's The Dig. Terryl worked with many major studios and effects houses as a highly sought after creature and concept designer. In addition to her work on Star Wars, her films include Jumanji I and II, The Indian in the Cupboard, Bear Country, Dragonheart and Polar Express. In addition to her continuing work on the Katurran Odyssey series, Terryl is designing fantasy animals for a traditional carousel to be built in her community. Terryl makes her home with her husband, Tom in Oregon.
As a screenwriter, David received a prestigious Sundance scholarship, where he worked closely with some of the top screenwriters and directors in the field. David's ability to create compelling and unique characters has attracted creative collaborations with several leading actors, including Malcolm McDowell, and Dustin Hoffman. David has produced screenplays for many of the major studios including his film "Wild America" (Warner Brothers.) David lives with his wife, Saral, their dog, Enzo, and their two cats, Floyd and Earl,
Raised by a nature lover and an engineer, Stephanie has always been fascinated by things both colorful and technical, tinkering with primitive digital paint programs since she was twelve years old. Both her goals and the technology evolved considerably over the next ten years as she aggressively honed her artistic and computer skills. In 2001 during production of "The Wildlife of Star Wars" by Star Wars Concept Artist Terryl Whitlatch, Stephanie was asked to join Terryl as a colorist on the book. In the fall of 2003, at the encouragement of Terryl, Imaginosis President Robert Gould asked Stephanie to join the art team on Terryl's latest book, "The Katurran Odyssey" as
a digital colorist. As this method of coloring was new to Terryl who traditionally used designer markers, Stephanie
provided her with invaluable personal instruction on the fundamentals of the digital coloring process and techniques using Photoshop. Working together with exceptional creativity and rapport, Terryl and Stephanie's resultant color work brings the world of The Katurran Odyssey to vivid life and establishes a new standard for digital coloring of illustrated books. As a valued member of the creative team at Imaginosis, Stephanie will be contributing to future Katurran projects as well as developing and producing projects of her own.
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An accomplished, scientific and academically trained illustrator who extensively studied vertebrate zoology and animal anatomy, Terryl Whitlatch has worked for various zoos and museums in the US and The World Wildlife Fund as Senior consultant for Wildlife Art and Animal Anatomy. 
David Michael Wieger's career as a writer spans a wide range of media. His prose, poetry and short fiction have appeared in numerous literary journals in the United States and he has taught creative writing classes and workshops in California. His plays have been produced to critical acclaim in Chicago, Los Angeles, Amherst and Santa Barbara, California. 
Stephanie Lostimolo is one of the premier digital colorists in the US and a veteran of George Lucas's JAK Films Art Department, where she worked with the core creative team as an artist and colorist on Star Wars: Episode III.