Wendy Froud

Wendy Froud is an artist who focuses on making dolls and puppets. Her most well known piece would probably be Yoda from The Empire Strikes Back, but she has also done work in the films Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.

A few books of hers are A Midsummer's Night Faery Tale, The Faeries of Spring Cottage, and The Winter Child

This is her profile on the Froud's website http://www.worldoffroud.com/www/about/bios/wendy.cfm