Janice Reynolds lives in Plano, Texas with her husband and two children. After a career holding middle management positions in advertising and film post production industries, Janice began a career writing childrens fiction and adventure stories.

In addition to writing and illustrating Swish and the Raptor, the first book in the series--The Squirrel Squad Adventures, she has also authored and illustrated Emily, Brave and Swift and Bitty and the Guardian of Sespria (book one of the Beatrice Coleman series).

She is currently working on the manuscripts for book two of both series.