Elizabeth Atkinson is originally from Florida. As a military wife She traveled extensively, even living in Guam for a couple of years. Ms. Atkinson moved to Colorado in 1987, She has lived there for the past nineteen years. She says, “She has always loved the mountains.” She has worked with children in one capacity or another for over twenty eight years. She is also the Mother of three daughters, and eight grandchildren. Ms. Atkinson s’ books are aimed at the twelve to sixteen year old age group Her passions are children and animals. That is why she enjoys writing children s’ books with animals in the story line. She says, ”She grew up surrounded by pets.” She credits her Mother for her love of animals. She says, “My Mother taught me to love and respect all creatures, they all have a purpose in the scheme of things.” She said, “she played around with writing when she was younger but she didn’t really get serious about it until the last couple of years. She was working on a degree in Graphic Design in college, and had to take an English class, she had to write a fictional story for an assignment. She fell in love with writing all over again and decided she wanted to be an Author. She has always loved writing children s’ fiction, she can be a kid again while she is writing. It is like when you were a kid and you used to make up things to play. She remember s’ what is was like being a kid. It wasn’t always fun and games, sometimes it was very hard. She feels now that she is older she has much more insight where life situations are concerned, than she did when she was younger. She feels she is a much better writer now because of it.”