Clara the Clever Fairy comes from a family of fairy inventors - always coming up with new spells and magical contraptions. She also has a backpack full of tricks to change colours, give people bright ideas and create a gentle breeze.
I wrote my first book when I was 8 years old. I glued photos of my cats in a blank book and wrote about them, too. Now I am an internationally-published children's author commended by the Library of Congress for my work encouraging children to read. I write in a room between a deli and an art gallery on a small town street. I can see families walking by, and I can hear children laughing and playing. It helps me to remember what exactly I'm doing this for - creating books for families all over the world to use together, and helping children to love words.