Pauline Youd lives in the central valley of California with her husband and cat. Her family of three adult married children and their families all live in the Western states. Her hobbies include music (classical, jazz and oldies) and playing in the yard (gardening). Prior to her writing career, she studied music in college and sang leading roles with Starlight of Kern, a light opera company in Bakersfield, California. A former third grade public school teacher and an avid Bible student, she has written 28 Bible story books. Her preschool titles are Did You Know? a creation story, and The Little Book of Big Bible Scaries. Her "I Wonder..." series of 12 books including Why Was Daniel Scared? is targeted to ages 4 to 7. Her original series, For a Purpose, includes Adopted for a Purpose and four other titles and is written for ages 8 to 12. The 7 Days series including 7 Days with Balaam is for adults. Her favorite titles are In the Court of the King, Eight Stories from the Book of Daniel, and Bible Runaways.