My Family

Karen Hjemboe was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. She has written many stories for children’s magazines, and has taught first grade for six years on the Santo Domingo Pueblo Indian reservation in New Mexico. Karen loves animals. She has seven cats, a dog, and a horse named Tally Man. Karen and her husband live in Corrales, New Mexico.

Dorothy Sullivan is an award-winning artist whose Cherokee heritage provides much of the inspiration for her work. She was especially pleased to be able to introduce children to traditional Cherokee customs through her illustrations for this book. Dorothy and her husband live in Norman, Oklahoma, where they delight in the antics of their first great granddaughter.