With a lifelong love of children''s literature, Alison Paul Klakowicz earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from East Carolina University, as well as a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA. She worked for over a decade as a human services professional and counselor, and has also worked as a journalist and freelance writer.

Alison is a native of North Carolina, where she still lives with her son, Mak, and husband, Adam. She is a military spouse who resides in Fayetteville, NC. They enjoy spending time with their loved ones on the North Carolina coast, Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia and the Poconos mountains, and whenever they get the chance, they go on adventures, making priceless memories. Mommy''s Big, Red Monster Truck is her first book....