About the Author

A teacher, a writer, and storyteller, Sherry Fair has a bachelor's degree in English from Columbia College. Over the past thirty-one years, she has taught school and helped students ranging in age from four to eighty-four to create and develop characters and stories. They have presented their work in written form and on stages for churches, schools, summer workshops, and community events.

Sherry now shares her own characters and stories in a book series that features her Sheltie, Stonerhaven Carolina Spatz and writing programs with youths and adults that meet ELA Standards. Sherry is a member of the Aiken chapter of the South Carolina Writers Workshop and the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators.

For thirty-one years, she has traveled with a Sheltie at her side. Sherry and Spatz make their home in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains and the South Carolina Midlands with Sherry’s husband, Dr. Hal Fair.

To schedule Sherry and Spatz for a visit with your group contact Sherry at: spatzbooks@cs.com or 803-917-4636

About the Illustrator

Jarrett Rutland has both won awards and taught students who have since won awards...which is impressive since he was only in the fifth grade when he taught the other award-winning students. Later, as a high school student, he was awarded the National Congressional Art Award, and as a college junior, he received his school’s Illustration Department Award. Jarrett has a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art and has studied in Canada and France.

Jarrett resides in Alabama and North Carolina, where he illustrates children’s books like the Spatz book series. He also produces commissioned works, designs greeting cards and stationary, and has developed a comic strip. He is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

Visit Jarrett's website at www.rutlandart.com.

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