Jean Taft is a New England writer who loves weather.  She grew up in Vermont and lives in Rhode Island with family and two very happy dogs.  She is a member of SCBWI and ARIA (Association of Rhode Island Authors).   Her first picture book, Worm Weather, was recently published by Grosset & Dunlap/Penguin Young Readers  October 2015.

         Jean Taft with her daughter Alyssa Taft at the SCBWI Winter Conference 2015

(Picture Credit:  SCBWI New England News, January-February 2016)