A transplant from Massachusetts, Tina lives in Austin, Texas, where the sun shines bigger and brighter! Having been a singer/songwriter for years, Tina decided to put pen to paper and try her hand at picture book writing. It was much harder than expected, but she's loved it from the start. When she isn't writing picture books, Tina spends her time working as an eighth-grade language arts teacher and keeping up with her family of four humans and five pets!