Piper Reed, Rodeo Star
Kimberly Willis Holt is the author of the Piper Reed series, includingPiper Reed, Navy Brat,Piper Reed, Clubhouse Queen, andPiper Reed, Rodeo Star. She has written many award-winning novels, includingThe Water SeekerandMy Louisiana Sky, as well as the picture booksWaiting for GregoryandSkinny Brown Dog. A former Navy brat herself, Holt was born in Pensacola, Florida, and lived all over the U.S. and the world—from Paris to Norfolk to Guam to New Orleans. Holt long dreamed of being a writer, but first worked as a radio news director, marketed a water park, and was an interior decorator, among other jobs. A few years after she started writing, her third book,When Zachary Beaver Came to Town, won a National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She resides in West Texas with her family. Christine Davenier has illustrated numerous children’s books, and won aNew York TimesBest Illustrated Award forThe First Thing My Mama Told Me. She lives in Paris, France.