Jane Kelley studied theater at Northwestern University. That training helps her really get inside her characters, whether they are tweens, ghosts, or curmudgeonly African gray parrots. Her first book, NATURE GIRL, was praised for its narrator's humorous voice. She has since published many novels and non-fiction books. Her latest novel, GRACE AND THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT has been adapted into a family musical by the same title. Jane lives with her husband and collaborator at the edge of a magical woods in Fairy Chasm, Wisconsin.