Quiet Violet Finds Her Voice

Gabrielle Nidus is a teacher/reading specialist in Houston, Texas. She is the author of the Literacy Coach’s Gameplan (International Reading Association, 2009), in addition to several articles on strategies for teaching children to write (Educational Leadership). She is also an educational consultant and leads workshops for teachers to inspire writing in the classroom. Gabrielle has a master's degree in teaching reading from Columbia University and a BA from Brown University. Stephanie Dehennin was born in Antwerp, Belgium, but soon moved to the Flemish countryside where she spend several wonderful years playing hide and seek in the cornfields, making bike trips between the grasslands, and reading children's books from dusk till dawn. After studying illustration at Saint Lukas in Ghent, she became a freelance Art Director in the magazine world, but never stopped drawing and painting. The love for illustration was too strong to ignore, so she decided to dedicate the rest of her career to drawing and painting for children. In her free time, she enjoys watching animated movies, reading comics, and playing board games with her son.

"This is a story to inspire all those youngsters lacking confidence who are termed shy or timid to sense that they, too, have something to say."