Patty Mondore is the Pediatric Residency Program Coordinator for the SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, New York. She is the author of four books, including A Good Paddling! (CSS), and she is a regular contributor to two newspapers in upstate New York. Mondore is also a singer/songwriter with six CDs to her credit. She is a graduate of Houghton College and Syracuse University. Patty and her husband reside in Jamesville, New York.