Jeannie Brett studied at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and Minneapolis College of Art & Design. She has illustrated 16 books including L Is for Lobster: A Maine Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Press, 2001), M Is for Mayflower: A Massachusetts Alphabet (Sleeping Bear Press, 2002), and My Cat, Coon Cat (Islandport Press, 2011). She wrote and illustrated Little Maine (Sleeping Bear Press, 2010) and Wild About Bears (Charlesbridge Publishing 2014). She lives in Montana and Maine with her husband and her muse, a Maine Coon Cat.