The MIND BEHIND the MAGIC
Penny Graves Shelton didn’t set out to become an author. She simply never stopped noticing the small, wondrous details of everyday life, the kind most people walk past without a second glance. Those details became the seeds for her children’s fantasy books about courage, stories that turn ordinary moments into doorways for imagination.
A Few Things You Might Not Know:
She’s an artist first, a writer second, sketching characters long before she ever writes their dialogue.
Her best story ideas tend to surface from childhood memories she thought she’d forgotten.
No page gets written without a proper cup of tea beside her; it’s less a ritual and more a requirement.