Fran Cannon Slayton grew up in Manassas, Virginia, where she experimented with pogo sticks, unicycles, playing the trumpet, and hanging from monkey bars. Like Benjamin Franklin, she enjoys visiting other countries, eating fluffy pieces of bread, and swimming (actually, water aerobics). Fran worked as a lawyer before becoming a children’s book author. She is the author of Snowball Moon, a rhyming picture book about playing at night in the snow. Kirkus Reviews hailed her debut middle-grade novel, When the Whistle Blows, as “an unassuming masterpiece.” Fran lives in Virginia with her husband, a mischievous cat, and a very furry dog.
You can find Fran at francannonslayton.com.
