Patricia AustinPatricia Austin is the author of one other children's book, The Cat Who Loved Mozart (illustrated by Henri Sorenson), winner of the Muse Award from the Cat Writers' Association. A long-time elementary teacher and a professor of children's liteature, she has published a teaching memoir, Tales From a Teaching Life: Vignettes in Verse. She is passionate about books and reading as well as nurturing creativity in young people. She lives in New Orleans with her cats. You can visit her at www.patriciaaustinwrites.com.