Kathleen Donovan hails from a long line of Irish storytellers. Family tradition has always included made-up tales of wonder involving the family children, which inspired the stories of Fromage. Now that she is retired from teaching and real estate, she is very active in community theater and sword fights with a cutlass at Celtic festivals. Kathleen lives in Virginia with her menagerie of animals, including peacocks, swans, her horses, dogs, Himalayan cats, and an opinionated Eclectus parrot named Diva.