Coleen Paratore

A free-spirited book lover since childhood, Coleen Paratore is the author of many titles including "How Prudence Proovit Proved the Truth About Fairy Tales" and "The Wedding Planner's Daughter," a novel for middle schoolers. A voracious reader and the mother of three sons, she lives in Albany, New York. Mike Reed is an award-winning illustrator with recognition from Communication Arts, "Print" magazine, AIGA, and the Los Angeles and New York Societies of Illustrators. Children s books he has...See more

A free-spirited book lover since childhood, Coleen Paratore is the author of many titles including "How Prudence Proovit Proved the Truth About Fairy Tales" and "The Wedding Planner's Daughter," a novel for middle schoolers. A voracious reader and the mother of three sons, she lives in Albany, New York. Mike Reed is an award-winning illustrator with recognition from Communication Arts, "Print" magazine, AIGA, and the Los Angeles and New York Societies of Illustrators. Children s books he has illustrated include "A Chill in the Air" and "The Bug in Teacher s Coffee." He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. " See less