Brooke Dierkhising is an educator, artist, writer, and publisher. She has a Master in Education from Northwestern University, has been teaching for several years in the public school system and for arts nonprofits, self published her first book, Many Ways to See the Sun, in 2015, and helps others self publish too. Brooke lives in Minneapolis with her husband, daughter, two cats, and a dog with big ears. And they all love to read.