ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ashton Purcell is passionate about her faith, animals, Christmas, and decorating for all holidays. She enjoys being outdoors and spending time with her family and friends. Ashton grew up and still resides in northeastern Indiana. This is her first book and is based on her experiences raising orphaned birds, rabbits, a snapping turtle, and yes, a mouse. All were raised to survive in the wild and then released.

Email: authorashtonpurcell@gmail.com

Brock Nicol is an Ottawa, Ontario based fulltime illustrator with passion for realism in art. The youngest of 7 children (and Twin brother to Barry). Brock was born and raised in Ottawa where he began the pursuit of art at a very early age. He graduated from graphic design/ illustration program at Algonquin college and subsequently began a career as an illustrator. From children’s books, greeting cards and individual commissions. Brock enjoys working in different mediums-traditional or digital.