About the Author

Jeannine Vetrano Smith

• Began creating stories as a child

• Identifies her spirit animals as a golden retriever, a dolphin, and a phoenix

• Talks with her hands

• Writes to inspire, educate, and entertain both children and adults

• Educated students, ages two-14. Highlights: French, gifted education, drama , dance, science experiments, and creative writing

• Closet science geek who worries about the Earth

• Swears by checklists and her calendar

• Professionally bred golden retrievers, her canine soulmates

• Trained people how to “speak dog”

• Gaga for golden retrievers

• Believes humans can learn how to be better humans from dogs

• Mama bear to her human and canine children

• Married to her former high school prom date who 42 years later turned out to be her soulmate

• Centered by the ocean, her happy place

• Determined to live vibrantly until 110