Fran Curtin Gieseke was raised in a small town in southwest Washington where she discovered a passion and respect for nature.
 She was able to merge fact and fiction following the events of May 18, 1980, and create a new world of nature and fantasy. In this, her first in a series of books for children, she takes the reader on a grand adventure in a beautiful place. Fran wants to show children the magic that can live in the natural world and the trials that the Earth presents us with.

Fran currently lives in University Place and Morton, Washington with her husband of 33 years. She has two daughters, Amy and Sarah, and two grandchildren. Fran looks forward to the completion and publication of this series.