Kristi ValiantKristi Valiant loves cooking, monkeys, penguins, and red walls, all of which are found in her books. Her husband loves hippos, so you may find hippos lurking too. Kristi wrote and illustrated the picture book Penguin Cha-Cha and illustrted Danielle Steel's picture book, Pretty Minnie in Paris, as well as the Little Wings chapter book series, The Goodbye Cancer Garden, Cora Cooks Pancit and others. Kristi graduated magna cum laude from Columbus College of Art & Design with a major in Illustration. She lives in Indiana with her husband, daughters, and a room full of hippos, monkeys and sneaky penguins. Visit Kristi at www.kristivaliant.com or at www.facebook.com/kvaliant. Read More Read Less