Mary Trafton lives in Montpelier, Vermont, where she creates marketing, promotional, and website graphics for the Hunger Mountain Co-op. She received a BA in Italian at Smith College, an MA in Design and MFA in Drawing at the University of Iowa. She also studied at the Boston Museum School with fellow student,
Charles Gibbons. The Full Moon Suite is the first type collaboration between Trafton and Gibbons. Plans are in the works to expand the suite to embrace many varied styles and tools for lettering.