About the Author

J.M. Hope first became involved in her high school color guard in the late 1990s and has since gone on to pursue performance opportunities with several college and drum and bugle corps color guards. Miss Hope has always believed in the empowerment of youth through the performing arts.

She has been influenced by many notable authors in her lifetime, including Mark Twain, Anne McCaffrey, H.G. Wells, Ann M. Martin, Katherine Applegate, Jean Craighead George, and Stephanie Meyer. She now resides in Missouri, where she teaches high school color guard, with her beloved horses and dogs.