About the Author

M.T. Bartone is a National Indie Excellence® Awards FINALIST. She has written three middle grade chapter books under her name, Maureen Bartone: Life in the Gumball Machine; its sequel, Life in the Gumball Machine, Vinnie and Gordy’s Return; and Tilly’s Top-Secret Trapdoor, a 2016 NIEA® Finalist in the Pre-Teen Fiction category. She is a St. Paul native and currently resides in the Twin Cities with her husband and family.

Read more at M.T. Bartone’s site.