Nancy Kelly Allen is surrounded by childrens books. And thats how she likes it. Her profession as a primary school librarian together with her evening ritual of writing or pondering her next childrens story provides the perfect creative atmosphere. She fondly recalls childhood evening story times and credits her fathers never-ending supply of humorous stories for her love of reading and writing. She has a masters degree in education from Morehead State University and a masters in library science from the University of Kentucky. Nancy lives in Kentucky, in the very log cabin in which she was raised. She shares this home with her husband Larry and two canine writer assistants, Pippin and Harrietta.