“Song of the Blackbird” is Maria van Lieshout’s young adult graphic novel. Valley News/Courtesy photo
TEMECULA – The public is invited to hear Maria van Lieshout, a Dutch-American illustrator and graphic novelist, speak to the Temecula Valley Historical Society at the Little Temecula History Museum, the red barn next to Kohls in south Temecula on Monday, April 28 at 6 p.m. Maria, who now lives in Washington State, was born and raised near Amsterdam in Holland. She studied Visual Communications at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., has a background in innovation and design, and has illustrated and written sixteen books for children.Maria will tell the story of her young adult graphic novel "Song of a Blackbird" and how it was inspired by historic events, including those that affected her own family, during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam.She will tell how she disco
