Ready, Set, Swim!

Elliott Smith is a freelance writer, editor and author. He has covered a wide variety of subjects, including sports, entertainment and travel, for newspapers, magazines and web sites. He has written a nonfiction book about the Washington Nationals and a children's book about Bryce Harper. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and two children. Katie Kear loves illustrating new worlds and characters and sharing her artwork with others. She is a graduate of the University of Gloucestershire, England, with a degree in illustration. Reading has always played an important part in Katie’s life. Whether it was reading her first picture books with her mother and imagining new stories for the characters, or as an older child reading chapter books into the night, she remembers always having a love for books. That love is what made her choose a career in illustration. When she’s not drawing, Katie enjoys adventures in nature, chocolate, stationery, the smell of cherries, and finding new artists to inspire her.