Junie Free is a children's book author, comedienne, and mother of two, rambunctious little kids in Boulder, Colorado. She studied fine art at the University of Colorado and took a lot of creative writing classes-because her dream was always to make children's books. Now that it's her job she pinches herself every day. Junie believes that kids are smarter than grown ups give them credit for. Just because it's a children's book doesn't mean it has to be childish.