Jen Betton loves to draw and make up stories with her pictures. In Kindergarten she got into trouble for drawing presents on a picture of Santa, and she has been illustrating ever since. She wrote and illustrated HEDGEHOG NEEDS A HUG, published with Putnam, which won Pennsylvania's Keystone to Reading Award. She illustrated TWILIGHT CHANT, written by Holly Thompson, published with Clarion, which was an NCTE Notable Book, and BARN AT NIGHT, written by Michelle Houts and published with Feeding Minds Press.
She has a BA in English, and a BFA and MFA in Illustration. She now lives near Dallas with her husband and two children. You can see more of her work at www.jenbetton.com