Jody Jensen Shaffer is an award-winning poet and the author of more than seventy books of fiction and nonfiction for children. She earned her bachelor's in English from William Jewell College and her master's in English from Truman State University. After twelve years in corporate education, Jody left to raise her kids and fell in love with children's literature. When she's not writing, she loves spending time with her family, walking her rescue dog, Sophie, and being outside in nature.
