Jimmy was a good student, but in his early years of grammar school, he had to work hard to overcome a speech impediment. He ultimately earned a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Chicago and now serves as president and Donald Bren Distinguished Chair of Business and Economics at Chapman University in Orange, California.

This is Jim Doti's second children's book. His first, A Christmas Adventure in Little Italy, also a collaboration with Lisa Mertins, was published in 2010. It is now in its second printing and is also available in a read-to-me version for iPad.

She is currently diversified over many art disciplines from printmaking and ceramics to traditional and computer generated illustration.

Lisa lives with her family and her animals including chickens, horses dogs and cats in southern California. You can visit her website to see her work at lisamertins.com