Angela Benedetti is a research scientist and the lead singer in a punk rock band, Juliet and the Raging Romeos (@jandtherr on Instagram). She has two very artistic children, and has no pets—although she would love to. A Christmouse Story is her first children’s story, and was inspired by real events that happened in her parents’ house in Umbria—namely the invasion of her beloved mother’s kitchen by mice.