Born of Spanish, Asian, Italian, and European ancestry, award-winning author Debbie Roppolo grew up in the Blackland Prairie region of Texas, where miles of grassland and her horse were her best friends. Roppolo's stories have been published in newspapers, magazines, and in several of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. Her children's book series, Amelia Frump and her Peanut Butter Loving Imagination, is published by Dancing With Bear Publishing.