Castella, Krystina

PERSONAL:

Married Brian Boyl (a designer and photographer). Education: Rhode Island School of Design, B.F.A. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Art Center College of Design, South Campus, 950 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena, CA 91105. E-mail—kcastella@msn.com.

CAREER:

Educator, designer, photographer. Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, instructor; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA, associate professor; UCLA, extension instructor. Ran own product design, manufacturing, licensing studio for ten years; design consultant for Walt Disney Imagineering and RTKL Associates, among others. Gives seminars.

WRITINGS:

NONFICTION

(With Brian Boyl) Discovering Nature's Alphabet, Heyday Books (Berkeley, CA), 2005.

Crazy about Cupcakes, Sterling Publishers (New York, NY), 2006.

SIDELIGHTS:

For sidelights, see Boyl, Brian.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 2006, review of Discovering Nature's Alphabet, p. 344.

Publishers Weekly, February 27, 2006, review of Discovering Nature's Alphabet, p. 45.

School Library Journal, May, 2006, Kathy Piehl, review of Discovering Nature's Alphabet, p. 108.

ONLINE

Heyday Books Web site,http://www.heydaybooks.com/ (November 16, 2006), "Discovering Nature's Alphabet, Krystina Castella and Brian Boyl."

Isthmus: The Daily Page,http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/ (October 26, 2006), Amy Brandt, review of Discovering Nature's Alphabet.

Otis College of Art and Design Web site,http://www.otis.edu/ (November 16, 2006), "Faculty Directory: Krystina Castella."

UCLA Today,http://www.today.ucla.edu/ (April 25, 2006), Wendy Soderburg, review of Discovering Nature's Alphabet. *