About the Author

Author Jeff Patmore grew up in California and has lived all over the world. He enjoys telling tall tales and bedtime stories to his three children, and hopefully you will enjoy them too. Illustrator Mary Estelle Ryckman began painting watercolors "mid-life." After retiring from thirty years in the Federal government, Ms. Ryckman now enjoys the natural beauty of living in upstate New York. The book's Creative Director, Nancy Ennis, is an accomplished artist whose work can be seen at NancyEnnis.com