Vonnie Winslow Crist is the author of short stories, poems, and novels for young adults and adults, as well as "Leprechaun Cake & Other Tales," a children's book selected one of the Best Books of the Year by PCRM. A Pushcart Nominee and winner of 2 Honorable Mentions in L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future Contests, she is the recipient of a MSAC Writing Award. "The Greener Forest," "The Enchanted Skean," and "Owl Light" were voted among the Top Ten books for Young Adults in the P&E Reader's Poll. "The Enchanted Skean" is a Finalist for the 2014 Compton Crook Award.As an illustrator, she's had over 1,000 illustrations published in books, magazines, and calendars.She is an avid JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis fan, and a firm believer in the magical world that surrounds us! A clover-hand who's found so many 4-leafed clovers she keeps them in jars, Vonnie is quite fond of Harry Potter & Hogwarts, The Hunger Games, Star Wars, Star Trek, and everything Fairy!