Listen to the River

Deborah Warren first knew she wanted to be a writer in elementary school, when she received an award for an essay she submitted to a writing contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Warren spent her growing-up years, in New Castle, Delaware, playing Little League softball, listening to music from her father's extensive vinyl album collection, riding her bike, and staying up late into the night, reading. She currently resides in southwest Virginia where she finds joy in quilting, playing and writing music, and reading, but not so late into the night. She frequently walks in a park beside the New River, very close to where Mary Draper Ingles lived many, many years ago. Listen to the River is Warren's first children's picture book.

Casey Davenport is an illustrator, musician, and lover of all animals. She studied at and graduated with a degree in Studio Art and English from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City. It was there that she first discovered her love for using watercolor in her art, and has continued to ever since. Her published works include: Fudge: I Love Myself Just How I Am by Sonia Huston (with several sequels in the works); various pieces in Berry Blue Haiku, Crow Toes Quarterly, and School Cat & Other Mostly True Tales; and The Legend of The Blue Dillon Monster by Jim Alexander. She is drawn to anything involving nature, adventures, and interesting characters. She currently resides in Mexico along with her partner and cat, where they are surrounded by beautiful scenery, wildlife, and amazing artwork and artists.