Don't Eat the Bluebonnets

Ellen Rothberg wrote and illustrated her first children's book with a friend at the age of seven, and although she no longer draws the pictures, she still likes to write with her friend Ellen Leventhal. She is a former elementary school teacher and currently works as an elementary school guidance counselor. She and her husband both love cows, bluebonnets, and their two grown children.

While growing up in New Jersey. Ellen Leventhal didn't dream of bluebonnet fields, but she did dream of writing books. Ellen has a master's degree in education and has been writing for and with her students for many years. She lives in Houston, Texas, with her husband and is the proud mother of two grown sons, and three grandchildren who love bluebonnets, Longhorns, and just about anything Texan.