If You Give a Padre a Peppertree

About the Book

About the Author

Alana L. Jolley
Author Bio

Alana Jolley has a Master’s Degree in anthropology, is a writer, a former museum director, and professor. She is the mother of seven children and as seven grandchildren. She is a genealogist and has published several ethnographies. Her love of children, science, history, and anthropology is the inspiration for her children’s books. She says, “No matter how old we are, we can still have a child’s curiosity about the world and its people.” She lives with her husband in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Patti Murphy
Illustrator

Patti Murphy has a B.A in both French and Linguistics from Pennsylvania State University. She is an illustrator, and art teacher, who has spent a lifetime creating personalized cards, posters, brochures, and bulletin boards for schools, churches, and charities, as well as illustrating children’s books. She studied with well-known artists in five different states and in New Zealand. She has participated in many craft fairs around the U.S.A. She currently lives in Florida.