Emaline Mae ButlerEmaline Mae Butler is a 4th grader residing in Colorado with her mom and dad, dog Stella, as well as the frogs and fish in her aquarium.Emaline has lots of interests. She loves drawing, writing and storytelling. She's learning piano and has acted in ocal theater company performances of "Annie," "Harry Potter," and "The Aristocrats" She enjoys mountain hiking, roller coasters, and traveling to new places with her family.Emaline's parents, Christie and Aaron, are aerospace engineers who met while working on theInternational Space Station program at NASA. Her extended family includes musicians, artists, engineers, pilots, architects, educators, and (no surprise) scuba divers.Despite living in landlocked locations her whole life, Emaline's passion for the ocean and the animals that live there began at a very young age. Recently, Emaline snorkeled with her family in the Caribbean and met real-life creatures like the ones in this book. The trip reinforced her (current) dream of someday becoming a marine biologist. She's a huge fan of underwater scientists, including Sylvia Earle, PhD, and "The Shark Lady," Eugenia Clark, MA, PhD.This book's concept, underwater characters, and storyline are largely Emaline's, with a little help from family and friends-especially her Papa Tom, a musician and pilot, and her Grandpa Glenn, who inspires her with stories from his career as a commercial diver, and is a true expert at answering all of her questions about our amazing underwater world. Read More Read Less