Welcome to Vonawood Forest!
The Intruder
Complete!
Looking for agent & publisher
Nobody’s Fool
First draft in progress!
Third Time’s the Charm
Outline in progress!
Illustration Portfolio
Self-portrait of Elsa Kotrla
All sketches, drawings, and illustrations shown here were created by Elsa Kotrla
Tanzy and Wally from The Intruder
Zuzu
Poppy from
Poppy will also be featured in Nobody’s Fool
This is a sketch Elsa made when we were first brainstorming how we wanted to portray Tanzy.
Meet the caretakers of Vonawood Forest
Vonawood’s stories are written by Raighne Davidson and
the illustrations are done by Elsa Kotrla.
Raighne is Elsa’s mom.
The creation of Vonawood was inspired by Raighne’s grandmother, ergo Elsa’s great-grandmother, Vona Hedrick. When Raighne was a little girl, Mimi (that’s what everybody called her) told her the story of Goldilocks skipping down the lane and messing up the Bears’ house.
Raighne always wondered why Goldilocks didn’t have to fix the mess she made. This wondering led her to create Vonawood…
and nothing’s been the same since.
