Lindsay Utnik is a first-time published author and illustrator and a lifelong artist local to Buffalo, New York. Her inspiration for Family Is as Family Does is a woman that she an...view moreLindsay Utnik is a first-time published author and illustrator and a lifelong artist local to Buffalo, New York. Her inspiration for Family Is as Family Does is a woman that she and many other children over the years have had the privilege of calling Mama, Mrs. Sheila Richards.view less