Sheila Murphy AdamsSheila Murphy Adams is an elementary school teacher and children's book author. She receives both inspiration and encouragement from her students. She actually published her first book because her students told her they loved it. She had written a piture book memoir as a lesson about the genre of memoir. Her students thought it was good enough to be published, so she asked her father to illustrate the book for her, which began a wonderful partnership in which she wrote and he illustrated seven books in seven years. Sheila lives in North Stonington, Connecticut with her husband, Mark. Read More Read Less