Jo Delle StanleyJo Delle Stanley is the Indie author and illustrator of The Fantastic Red-bills Got My Back. After 12 years of researching everything from dance to music to the number of front toes on a rat, this marks Jo's first book. Initially, she had no plans toillustrate the story, but family encouraged her to create the artwork. She challenged herself, and in the end Jo discovered a passion for digital art and found making the pictures as fun-if not more fun-than inventing dialogue for a Cape Buffalo sailor from the 19th century. Jo is passionate about reading and treasures the phonics sprinkled throughout the English language. She likes listening to "Linus and Lucy" by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, Caesar salad, and her four calling birds and three French hens-she actually has five Silver Laced Wyandotte chickens. Currently, Jo is working on her next illustrated book, which focuses on species no longer facing extinction. She has three children and six grandchildren. Jo lives in Central Ohio with her husband and two dogs named Billy and Penelope. Read More Read Less