Stephanie Mirocha grew up climbing trees and exploring the city park across from her childhood home. Her creative expression not only takes form in her passion for writing but also in her visual art. She has illustrated four children’s picture books connecting children to nature. Frog in the House won the 2016 Giverny Award for a science picture book in English, and My Little Book of Bald Eagles won 1st place, Juvenile Nonfiction, in the 2010 Next Gen Indie Book Awards. Graduating from the University of Minnesota with a B.A. in Philosophy, Mirocha followed her free spirit to embrace the unconventional life of an artist after moving to Aitkin, a small town in north central Minnesota.