A licensed professional counselor of 25 years, Michelle Nietert is the coauthor of the bestselling books Loved and Cherished and Managing Your Emojis, award-winning book Make Up Your Mind, and the Bringing Big Emotions to a Bigger God series God, I Feel Sad and God, I Feel Scared. A popular speaker on topics regarding mental health, faith, and parenting, she is a frequent guest on national television and podcasts and hosts the Raising Mentally Healthy Kids podcast. She and her husband, Drew, have been married for 20 years and have two school-aged children. Connect with Michelle at YourMentalHealthCoach.com.
Tama Fortner is an ECPA award-winning and bestselling author with more than fifty titles to her credit, including Simply Christmas and Easter Is Coming!. She has collaborated with some of the biggest names in Christian publishing to create inspirational books for children, teens, and adults. But her greatest accomplishments happen in a happy little home on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee, where she lives with her family and a feisty little pup who is convinced he’s people too. To learn more, visit www.TamaFortner.com.
Nomar Perez was born on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, in the city of Ponce, and moved with his parents and five siblings to Ohio when he was ten. Nomar is heavily influenced by all types of media, most especially animation, puppetry, and computer art. He studied computer animation and painting at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and since then has worked as an illustrator on social expression products in the categories of humor, children's, and young adult. Nomar has also illustrated numerous children's board books and school publishing books.
