About the Author

Jack Runion is a middle school teacher who is proud to call West Virginia home. He is a 1992 graduate of Milton High School and a 1997 graduate of Marshall University. He and his wife Susan reside in Hurricane with their family. Over the past two decades, he has also served at various times as a choir director and worship leader in local churches. Jack is also recognized locally as a gifted soloist. After 'While, Crocodile is his first children's book. He has previously released A Bad Good-bye - Overcoming the Grief of Suicide, a compelling story of his father's suicide and the difficult journey for those left behind. : Emmalee Ellison was born in Fort Worth, TX, raised in Marshall, TX, and has been living in the Hurricane, WV area since July 2009. She graduated from Hurricane High School in 2013 with a focus in visual art and has been attending Marshall University as a Japanese major and general art minor. She has been drawing since she was two or three years old and has been mostly self-taught, taking only a handful of art classes from junior high through college. After 'While, Crocodile is her first publication. She aspires to write and publish her own manga (Japanese comics/graphic novels). She looks forward to graduating from Marshall and moving forward in the art field.