Stephanie Mulligan grew up in a beautiful village in western Maine. She graduated from the University of Maine at Orono with her B.S. in Elementary Education and a concentration in English. She founded the publishing company McSea Books after teaching as a middle grade educator. She encourages young readers to explore the value between education and the great outdoors. Stephanie is the author of How to Catch a Keeper, How to Tap a Maple, Just a Kid from Maine, and is currently working on her next book How to Rake the Berries. Stephanie lives in Maine with her husband and their darling children.