Jessica Young's award-winning picture book My Blue is Happy (2013) was included on the 2014 Bank Street College of Education's "Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults" list and the Texas Library Association's 2014 "2 x 2 Reading List," and was chosen to represent Tennessee on the Library of Congress/Center for the Book's 2013 "52 Great Reads" list. Finley Flowers is her first chapter book series. Jessica grew up in Ontario, Canada and currently lives in Nashville, Tenn. with her family, where she teaches elementary and middle school art.