A Snail's Pace Race
About the Author

Patricia Fine

Patricia Fine received her B.A. from Mt. Mary's College and an M.A. from California State University, Los Angeles. She has taught high school, college (both undergraduate and graduate levels), adult education, and tutored privately. She and her husband, John, are both retired teachers, and have three grown children and four grandchildren. As a published author of short stories, Pat has a talent for bringing human qualities to the interesting and delightful animal characters she creates in her stories. She is also a Jeopardy game show winner. Her hobbies include flamenco dancing, playing the piano, reading, collecting books, and knitting.

Jimmy Chau

As a young boy growing up in the 80's, I had a real addiction to cartoons, mainly on Saturday mornings and after-school. I had the same routine everyday-eyes glued to the screen with a pencil and paper in my hands. I tried to duplicate my favorite characters during commercials. Before I knew it, I had developed another addiction-drawing. I am now a Studio Art major at the University of California, Irvine where I am developing a love for many other mediums of creative expression such photography and digital design. With my creations, I hope to inspire people to realize that as human beings, we all possess the ability to creatively express ourselves in one way or another. It's the people who find their way, and accept it, that identify themselves as "artists."