Viqui Maggio is a freelance illustrator/designer whose work includes everything from young children's illustration to college texts and more adult material.

Established in 1980, the client list of Maggio Graphics includes all the major NYC publishers– among them: Dutton, Viking, Macmillan, FSG, Boyds Mills Press and Holiday House; as well as many non-profit organizations: Gay Mens Health Crisis, Girl Scouts of America, American Heart Assoc. ABSOLUTELY ANGELS her picture book, published by Boyds Mills Press, with poems by Mary Lou Carney, is described by Publishers Weekly thus: "The mixed-media illustrations combine old-fashioned angel cutouts, gold stars, snowflakes, pearls, and many other objects with paintings by Viqui for a charming, whimsical, three-dimensional effect." – Susan Dove Lempke.