Sunlight on My Shadow (27 page)

I would like to give thanks to the following people who held me up during the four years of collaboration of
Sunlight on My Shadow
:

Thanks to my daughter Kiona, who read innumerable drafts and gave me encouragement and guidance along the way.

To my daughter Tessie, for her empathy and loving acceptance, and her husband CJ, who helped me fill in some important blanks.

To my niece Jacki, and my sister-in-law Mary Ann, for their expertise as readers and well-thought-out suggestions.

To my niece Marian, who gave tears, hugs, and rules of style during the editing process.

To my dear friend Ephia, for her final edits and suggestions.

To my lifetime friends, Annie and Jane, who believed in my writing journey and helped me remember details from our high school days.

To my friends from the St. Croix Writers group, for without their cheerleading qualities I may never have finished this book; especially to Cathy and Bob Swanson, Jan Jenson, and Mary Beth Smith for previewing and editing my manuscript.

To my fellow writers at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis: John Evans, Lucy Forster-Smith, Abby Bloom, and especially Debra Palmquist for her relentless feedback and dedicated help.

To my writing mentors: Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew and Paulette Alden, who gave me the direction to hone my drafts. And to my copy editor, Alison Baker, who always knew why.

To my brothers Jeff, John, and Jim, who said they wished they had known the details so they could have been there for me and for offering nothing but love and tender respect for my writing journey.

To my sister Jackie, who often had tears in her eyes when I read at St. Croix Writer’s Group and helped me with her edits and suggestions.

To my husband Joe, for his editing expertise, his steady love, and belief in my book, and for asking, “Did you write today? Because I like it when you write; it makes you happy.”

author photo by Jonathan Chapman

Judy Liautaud is the author of several children’s educational books including
Times Tables the Fun Way
,
Addition the Fun Way
, and
Story Problems the Fun Way
. Her books teach children to learn the basic math facts with cartoons and stories. She became interested in education when she co-owned a Sylvan Learning Center in Bountiful, Utah.

Judy studied as an apprentice to become a lay midwife and delivered babies at home for seven years. She quit the profession to go back to school and graduated from the University of Utah with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

Judy backpacked through Mexico, Central, and South America, flew hang gliders, and designed and manufactured hang gliding harnesses for Wasatch Wings, which she co-owned.

Her passion today is writing books and operating City Creek Press, her publishing company which started in 1992.

Judy loves spending time with her grandchildren and their parents, writing at the lake cabin in northern Wisconsin, biking, and tennis. She lives in the Minneapolis area with her husband Joe.

Judy’s Blog
http://sunlightonmyshadow.com

City Creek Press Website
http://citycreek.com

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