About the Author

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Shirley Raye Redmond is an award-winning writer and newspaper columnist. Her many books include the award-winning Patriots in Petticoats, Brave Heroes and Bold Defenders, and Courageous World Changers, which won a Christianity Today book award. She is also a sought-after workshop speaker and a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Katya Longhi studied at the Art Academy in Florence, Italy. Since then she has studied illustration at Nemo NT Academy of Digital Arts. In her spare time, Katya loves to read fairy tales and collect snow globes. She works as a freelance illustrator based in northern Italy where she lives with her very own Prince Charming.