Betsy Wolff Frey

Betsy Wolff Frey is a software developer and author of stories for children.

She improvised bedtime stories when her children were young. When she later put the stories on paper, she was horrified to discover that every few sentences screamed for a fresh page with an illustration. Readers might question whether the right side of her brain was up to the illustration task, but she prefers to view her pictures as classic naive art, with its markedly childlike style.

She is delighted to be able to exercise both sides of her brain, using the logical left side for programming, web design, and writing books that demystify advanced subjects for students. The right side gets its workout from children's stories and artwork.

She feels very lucky to be able to live in beautiful places and to have enjoyable work that stimulates her mind. She lives with her husband, Eric, in California and Maine.