Coleen Murtagh Paratore is the author of twelve novels including The Wedding Planner’s Daughter, her best-selling debut which blossomed into a popular series world-wide and is optioned for a movie; two award-winning picture books: 26 Big Things Small Hands Do and Catching the Sun; Sunny Holiday; Mack McGinn’s Big Win; The Funeral Director’s Son; Forget Me Not; Kip Campbell’s Gift; and A Pearl Among Princes. Coleen has two new novels forthcoming in 2010. A resident of Troy, NY and the mother of three sons, as a popular school and conference speaker Coleen loves inspiring others, sharing the joy of writing and capturing “firefly moments” with audiences of all ages.