Susan Verde is a #1 New York Times best­selling chil­dren’s book author and a chil­dren’s yoga and mind­ful­ness expert. She has writ­ten more than 20 pic­ture books, and she is a high­ly sought-after speak­er at con­fer­ences, fes­ti­vals, and schools across the nation. Verde is a fre­quent con­trib­u­tor to online pub­li­ca­tions, and she has appeared on mul­ti­ple pod­casts about writ­ing, par­ent­ing, mind­ful­ness, and yoga. She is the moth­er of three teenagers, two cats, a dog, and a taran­tu­la, and she lives in East Hamp­ton, New York.