Tina Shepardson is the author of Walkout, a picture book (released in 2020), and Canines Unleashed, a chapter book coming in 2023. Tina is a volunteer with SCBWI’s West/Central Region, an active member of 12×12, and a Rate Your Story judge. An award-winning teacher for 33 years, Tina was privileged to share her love of books with many students. Now she writes full time, with Madeleine and Ollie, her two fluffy Akitas, by her side— and coffee of course! When Tina, a winter enthusiast, isn’t writing, she enjoys Upstate New York and the Catskills with her husband, daughter, and two Akitas, one snowstorm at a time.