Stephanie Howard was born in the Appalachian region of South Carolina and still resides in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Howard received her BFA in painting from Savannah College of Art and Design, and later her Masters of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina. Her work has been exhibited widely in the Southeastern United States. Howard is inspired and influenced by outsider and folk art, vintage photography and illustration, as well as embroidery and quilting. When working, she often thinks of her materials as fabric and thread instead of pen and paper.