Brandie Grasso lives on the Texas Gulf Coast whrer she rehabs pelicans, including the real life Prince Henry and Princess Henrietta from The Royal Pelican Tales Trilogy. Brandie decided to write children's books about the joy of rehabbing, environmentalism and her personal studies in shamanism. Her love of nature, her feathered friends, and personal dedication to environmental issues inspired the writing of Birds Dislike This and Dislike That.