Nice to meet you.

I’m an illustrator, author, and hand-letterer based in Upstate New York. I create books and artwork that promote gentle self-kindness through cozy living.

My books include Tiny Joys (Andrews McMeel, 2023); Cottagecore Galore (Andrews McMeel, 2022); Life with Plants (Andrews McMeel, 2021); My Life in Plants (Andrews McMeel, 2020); The Escape Manual for Introverts (Andrews McMeel, 2019); Make Yourself Cozy: A Guide for Practicing Self-Care (Andrews McMeel, 2018); and Don’t Worry, Eat Cake (Andrews McMeel, 2016), which was featured on Canada's Biggest Bestseller List at Chapters Indigo.

I’m pretty bad at talking about my feelings, too, so I created a stationery line that can do it for me. My greeting cards, prints, and other stationery products are inspired by the sticky sweet, achingly awkward, and emotionally heavy things that are easier written than said. They are sold online and in various brick and mortar stores.

My favorite things to draw are lettering, the whimsical details in nature, my dog Tater, and the ordinary moments of life. When I’m not drawing, you can find me checking on my garden, dancing to Bluey with my toddler, reading romantasy, or baking something sweet (current obsession: rainbow sprinkles).

Let’s Work Together!

For all literary inquiries, please contact my agent:
Laurie Abkemeier at laurie@defliterary.com

For all other inquiries, including freelance and licensing opportunities, please contact me directly at katie@katievaz.com

Monthly Artist Newsletter

Follow along in my creative journey and hear about new projects I’m working on.

Motherhood Comics on Substack

Nuggets is an ongoing illustrated collection of the lessons, fun facts, and truths I’m discovering about babies, motherhood, and myself.

Behind-the-Scenes on Instagram

Podcast Interviews

• The Plant Based Podcast

• Plant School

• Flower Power Garden Hour

• On The Ledge

• The Black Plant Chick

• The League of Extraordinary Introverts

• The Introvert’s Bubble

• Rainy Day Diaries

• The Couragemakers

• American Real Talkshow

• Ready, Set, Grit (2018)

• Ready, Set, Grit (2017)

Selected Clients

• Aircall

• Syracuse University

• Take Two Journal

• Ooly

• MOMables

• Felicia La Tour

Education

• Anhalt University (Dessau, Germany), Master of Arts in Integrated Design, 2011

• Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, 2009