Anna Kittrell has written stories for as long as she can remember. She still has most of her tattered creations--leftovers she was unable to sell on the playground for a dime--written in childish handwriting on notebook paper, bound with too many staples. Her love of storytelling has grown throughout the years, and she is thrilled her tales are now worth more than ten cents.

Growing up in an Oklahoma small town, Anna spent many a summer day on the lakeshores she often writes about. Today, she works as a middle school secretary in her beloved home town, where she resides with her high school sweetheart-turned-husband, Tim, and their two practically grown children, Evan and Brandilyn. She still loves visiting those muddy red lakeshores of her childhood, when she's not too busy writing about them instead.