Janna Matthies is a picture book author and guitar-playing music teacher in Indianapolis. She won the 2024 Indiana Authors Award in the Children's category for HERE WE COME! (Beach Lane Books/S&S, '22). Other titles include BABY, LET'S GO TO THE ORCHESTRA! (coming 8.2025, Creative Editions); OVER IN THE GARDEN (Doubleday/PRH, '25); MY TOWERING TREE (Beach Lane, '24); GOD’S ALWAYS LOVING YOU (WorthyKids, '21); TWO IS ENOUGH; THE GOODBYE CANCER GARDEN; PETER, THE KNIGHT WITH ASTHMA; and MONSTER TRUCKS. When not writing, Janna can be found gardening, swimming laps, and walking her husky Juneau.