She lives in a northern suburb of Chicago with her husband and two dogs. Her debut picture book, 1 Zany Zoo was the winner of the Cheerios New Author Contest and a mini version was distributed inside 2.2 million boxes of Cheerios. The hardcover, published by Simon & Schuster in 2010, is now in it’s third printing. 1 Zany Zoo won the Mother's Choice Award - Gold Level for Picture Book Humor in 2012 and has been nominated for the 2012-2013 South Carolina Picture Book Award. Ms. Degman’s second picture book, Cock-a-Doodle Oops! will be released by Creston Books in Spring, 2014.