Vail HenryVail Henry debuted as a writer in the first grade, where she scripted the same letter daily to inform her parents that she had not done her homework again. In the years following, she wrote a great deal of apology notes to a wide range of unhappy audences. Having learned nothing, she now writes down things she made up. She lives in Fairfax County, Virginia and is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The Moma people presented in this book, as well as their portrayed culture, are fictitious. However, the Moma language is based on fragments of Chahta Anumpa (the Choctaw language)-and characters' misunderstandings thereof. For those interested in learning Chahta Anumpa, there are publicly available classes, some of which are taught online, at the time of this writing. Read More Read Less