Andrea TripkeAndrea Tripke is a German born children's author and illustrator. She holds a degree in Fine Arts and her illustrations have won several Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators awards. Learning about the overwhelming amount of rubbish on ount Everest sparked the idea to write a story that would bring awareness to young children about the environmental disaster. Andrea lives with her family in Melbourne, Florida. When she's not writing or illustrating children's books, she sketches larger-than-life portraits of rock stars and teaches pilates. Read More Read Less