Jackie McFadden is the author of the TreeCat book series. Throughout her career as a teacher, environmentalist, and graphics designer, she has received several awards and honors in all three areas. The Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club presented her with the highest state level award, The International Association of Business Communicators recognized her for publication and graphics design work, and Mad Science honored her for extraordinary science teaching. Jackie was born in Oklahoma and has spent most of her life in her beloved hometown Austin, TX. She grew up with neighborhood woods to explore, sidewalks to roller-skate, fajitas to munch, and cherry limeade slushes to slurp. She now lives with her family in Florida.