R.S. Hirsch has a B.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is the former Illustrator Coordinator of SCBWI-WI and has been an active member of the chapter since 2011. She received Second Runner Up with her piece in the 2017 Tomie dePaola SCBWI contest. She received the People’s Choice award for her illustration at the Marvelous Midwest conference in Illinois, May 2019.

In her spare time, R.S. enjoys taking care of her plants, spending time with her family, and waiting for those brief moments in between snowstorms when it’s warm enough to go cycling in Wisconsin.