HAMEL GUMPUS AND THE HOT AIR BALLOON

MISS KRISTIN T. WRIGHT IS A SINGLE MOTHER OF TWO AND A GRANDMOTHER AS WELL. SHE IS CURRENTLY AN ENGLISH TEACHER IN DUNKIRK,

NY, WHERE HER STUDENTS TEACH HER MORE THAN SHE DOES TEACH THEM. THE ILLUSTRATOR IS HER ADOPTIVE SISTER KERRY SOKOLOWSKI 

FORMERLY KERRY ANNE WRIGHT, WHO RESIDES IN FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE, AND IS A MOTHER OF THREE GIRLS. KRISTIN SINGS, DANCES,

PLAYS ELECTRIC GUITAR, AND GOES BY MIMI BECAUSE GRANDMA IS TOO ELDERLY FOR HER NOW.