Heather Alexander is an award-winning author of more the 70 books for young readers, including the Wallace and Grace early chapter book series , Welcome to Critter City , What the Artist Saw: Henri Matisse , Haunted USA , Amazing Art Mysteries, The Flying Firefighters, and more. She currently divides her time between Los Angeles and NYC. Visit her at heatheralexanderbooks.com and @halexanderbooks. John Joseph's passion for art appeared at an early age while living in Orlando, Florida. It was very rare that you would spot him without a pencil and sketchbook, creating stories and drawing away. John Joseph's love of art continued throughout his education; you could say that John has never really left school, as he graduated and went straight back to elementary school to teach visual arts. He is constantly inspired by the imagination of his students and often includes them in his stories and illustrations--but the best part is the several months he has off throughout the year to play with his family in the Colorado mountains and create lots of art!.