Rachel Stones writes picture books and middle grade novels. She lives with her husband and their four little bookworms in the Arizona desert. She doesn’t miss the snow one bit.

<h3>Random Facts</h3>

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<li>As a teenager, Rachel was a Spud Harvest dirt-clod-thrower. (It's a real thing.)</li>
<li>She has planted close to a million trees in her life.</li>
<li>Rachel helped her collegiate volleyball team to two conference championships and Elite Eight appearances. (Go Cougs!) She also played professionally in Europe.</li>
<li>She spent a semester in Samoa, student-teaching. The national Samoan rugby team attended her surprise birthday party. Needless to say it was her favorite semester in college. Go Manu Samoa!</li>
<li>After wandering the world and then teaching school for a few years, she became Mom and started working from home.
<li>She didn't realize she liked avocados until a few years ago. She is making up for lost time.</li>

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