Jerrianne Hayslett is an award-winning journalist, writer, and trial court information officer. She became interested in children’s literature when she began reading picture books—and creating them—for the little people in her life. As they grew, she volunteered in their schools. Her reading list grew, too, to middle grade and young adult books. Professionally, Jerrianne has worked as a newspaper reporter and editor and a freelance writer. Her book Anatomy of a Trial: Public Loss, Lessons Learned from The People vs. O. J. Simpson was published after she served as media liaison and court communications officer during O. J. Simpson’s criminal trial in Los Angeles. She left her native state of Virginia at age nineteen. Jerrianne has lived overseas and in several US states, including Wisconsin, which has been her home for longer than anywhere else.