Kim Tomsic is a word wrangler, gesticulator, and exclamation point user! She was born in Italy and moved a lot (always the new-kid). Now, she is a declared extrovert! Kim is the award-winning author of The 11:11 Wish (Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins), Guitar Genius: How Les Paul Engineered the Solid Body Electric Guitar and Rocked the World (Chronicle Books), The 12th Candle (Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins), The Elephants Come Home (Chronicle Books), and The Truth About 5th Grade (Summer, 2024 HarperCollins). She teaches at UCLA Extensions, SNHU, and The University of Denver.