This is the first published work by Nancy Berntsen Cottrill. It represents a grand love of both stories and Snickerdoodle cookies. She was raised just outside Washington, D.C. and graduated from George Mason University with B.A.'s in American Studies, History, and English. Along with her Senator (not a real one, a husband one) she lives with their youngest (adult) son Jack, their in-house professional photographer. They share their suburban Knoxville, TN homestead with two dogs, three cats, seven chickens and Bridget, the chicken who thinks it's a dog. Having sold approximately 6,839,257 (perhaps exaggerated) cookies helping to pay for their children's youthful athletic endeavors, she felt it was time to share the recipes. The tall tale of biscuit eating, talking, forest friends was spun over years, and finally written down. A firm believer in magic, adventure, cocktails with tiny umbrellas, and the power of pie, she is content sitting on their pool deck with a bunch of pirates, watching her beloved Redskins, and the Tennessee Vols play just about anything. This is his first ever notoriety as a part of any written work for Samuel. He lives in Chattanooga, TN with his beautiful and supportive wife Abby Rose, their dog Penny and twin cats, Viggo and Sable, who can hardly tolerate the dog. His love of stories has helped him find passion in Dungeons and Dragons and Marvel comics. The Lord of the Rings, however, is the saga he is most fond of. Samuel is currently working on his own novel, inspired by both his mother, who would never make it in a post-apocalyptic world, and his father Craig, who could dominate any undead corporeal revenant. It's about surviving zombies in an alternate world, which really isn't as much a stretch from his real life as one might think.
