Meet the Author

The sixth of seven children, Ms. Pennymaker grew up in rural Pennsylvania as the daughter of a Presbyterian minister and an artist.

Random fun fact: her first real attempt at writing was a Martin Jacques fanfic about a talking mouse named Cheddar.

Anna fell in love with the English language at a young age and went to school to be an English teacher, although she would have gladly majored in art as a sideline. She now lives in the Midwestern United States with her globe-trotting husband, an aging Great Dane named Bear, five kids, and a growing collection of houseplants.

When she's not writing, reading, or working on something 'artsy-fartsy', she's chasing her children around rural Wisconsin, drinking too much coffee, or pottering about in her garden.