Jennifer Trafton is the author of THE RISE AND FALL OF MOUNT MAJESTIC, which was a nominee for Tennessee's Volunteer State Book Award and the National Homeschool Book award. HENRY AND THE CHALK DRAGON arose from her love of art and her personal quest for the courage to be an artist. When she's not writing or drawing, she teaches creative writing classes and workshops in a variety of schools, libraries and homeschool groups, as well as online classes to kids around the world. She lives in a 150 year old farmhouse in Nashville, Tennessee, along with her husband, an energetic border collie, a miniature rooster, an assortment of chickens and ducks and a ghost who haunts the staircase.