About the Author

Tess O'Flaherty
About the Illustrator

Maureen R. Baldwin  
has had a life-long love of the written
word.  A graduate of the Institute of
Children's Literature, she won the
Publisher's Choice award for poetry in
2004.  Tess continues to write about
Gned and other stories and is working
on some screenplays with her
husband.  She lives in Dallas with her
husband and four children.
is a resident of Ventura, California,
where she owns a custom-painted
furniture business and is an elementary
school teacher, and teaches art to young
children on the side.  She enjoys
working and sketching in her garden
with her children, and always tries to
keep the grass gnome-high.
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