Barbara Fanson is an author, graphic designer, and retired college professor. She has had 2 books published by Self-Counsel Press, a traditional book publisher, and has self-published over 30 books. She has written and illustrated 2 children's picture books, a historical fiction book, 2 non-fiction photographic books, a baby record book, and 20 software instruction manuals. She enjoys hiking and photography when not feeding squirrels. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario with a dashing black cat, 2 Robins, 7 squirrels, a rabbit, and a human family.