When Carrie was a little girl, she loved her grandmother's fairy tales. She grew up believing in flying carpets, talking animals, and living happily ever after. Nearly forty years later, she still does, only now she's the one telling the stories.

You can usually find Carrie working at her desk, but if her chair's empty, check the vegetable garden—she likes to dig in the dirt. Carrie also enjoys long bike rides, oatmeal stout cake, and belly dancing.

She lives in a comfortably messy house on Chicago's North Shore. Contributing to the chaos are her husband, four children, a ditzy dog, and an opinionated house rabbit.

According to Carrie, the dog and rabbit both talk.

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