Rebekah Raye is an artist beloved for her bird and animal paintings and sculpture, derived from her affinity with the natural world around her at her studio in East Blue Hill, Maine. She has been interested in animals and art since she was a child in Eastern Tennessee, and now in addition to creating her own works of art, teaches workshops for children and adults. She is the illustrator of four other Tilbury House books: The Secret Pool, which received the 2014 Lupine Award and the 2014 John Burroughs Association Riverby Award; The Very Best Bed; Bear-ly There; and Swimming Home (Fall 2014).