About the Author

For author Diane Silcox Jarrett, A Light to Keep is her third non-fiction title for children. Fascinated by history from her childhood, she enjoys writing creative historical stories for young readers. Inspired by her audience, Diane is a substitute teacher as well as freelance and magazine writer. She lives outside Raleigh, North Carolina, with her family. Illustrator Carol Moates has devoted her life to painting and teaching art. In addition to having her own gallery, Uptown Artworks in Greensboro, NC, Carol teaches from her own studio and in a variety of other settings. She is one of the better known artists and instructors in the Piedmont of North Carolina, where she lives with her husband.