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Kersten Hamilton was born in a trailer in the mountains of southern New Mexico. By their sixth birthday they knew what they wanted to be when they grew up. A writer! This would prove to be difficult, as a wayward fairy (apparently not invited to Kersten’s christening) gifted the child with dyslexia and dysgraphia topped with a dollop of autism spectrum disorder. Unaware of the academic and social trouble ahead, Kersten set off to have an exciting childhood tracking caribou and arctic wolves across in Alaska, catching tiny tree frogs in the swamps and rain forests of the Pacific Northwest, and chasing dust devils and rattlesnakes across the high desert of New Mexico. Kersten escaped electrocution when a typhoon blew power lines down over yet another trailer in a swamp in Washington state, and didn’t drown when a station wagon spun out of control onto thin lake ice in Alaska. Most of the bullets missed, none of the incidents with bears, snakes, wolves, or angry moose were fatal. It was the perfect childhood for anyone aspiring to be a writer!  When not writing, Kersten collaborates on Minecraft adventures with a husband, several grown children, and more than several grandchildren. View titles by Kersten Hamilton

R. W. Alley has illustrated more than 60 children's books including Best Kind of Baby and Ballerino Nate. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island. View titles by R.W. Alley