Carrie Stuart Parks has been a professional artist since 1976 and a forensic artist since 1981. She is the author of Secrets to Drawing Realistic Faces, Secrets to Realistic Drawing and Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children. Rick Parks, who co-authored Secrets to Realistic Drawing and Secrets to Drawing Realistic Children, spent thirteen years in forensic art for the FBI in Washington DC. He and Carrie formed Stuart Parks Forensic Associates in 1988.