Valerie Erickson is in her twelfth year as a junior high teacher. She writes books to provide her students with clean, quality entertainment, and she receives much of her inspiration from her students! Valerie also loves encouraging students to read and express themselves through a variety of ways.Illustrator Zufargho created beautiful pictures to bring the characters of Valerie's fourth book, The Book Traveler, to life. She first found Zufargho's art online and was intrigued by his unique artistic style.