Faith Emiry was born and raised in rural Northern Ontario where her family operates a dairy farm and a strawberry patch. Her interests include social justice, photography, dodgeball, public speaking, and travel. Faith has been writing stories for her younger sister for a number of years. Her stories are most often lively, funny adventures based on everyday life. "Mika's Fortune" was inspired by Faith's annoyance in finding disappointing fortunes inside fortune cookies. When she is not reading or writing, Faith can be found at 4H events or spending time with her beloved cousin, Shasta, to whom