Jessica Young grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The same things make her happy now as when she was a kid: dancing, painting, music, digging in the dirt, picnics, reading, and writing. She lives with her family in Nashville, Tennessee where she teaches elementary and middle school art. When she was little, she wanted to be a tap-dancing flight attendant/veterinarian, but she's changed her mind!Jessica's award-winning debut picture book, MY BLUE IS HAPPY (2013, Candlewick Press/Walker UK) is a 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Title and was included on the 2014 Bank Street College of Education Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults, the Texas Library Association's 2014 2×2 Reading List, the Ontario Library Association's Best Bets 2013 and the Library of Congress/Center for the Book's 52 Great Reads list. Her next picture book, SPY GUY, will be published in the spring of 2015 by Harcourt Children's Books. Her first chapter book series, FINLEY FLOWERS, will be published in Spring/Fall 2015 by Capstone Kids.