Author Ellen Gillette is a writer and illustrator from Fort Pierce, Florida. A former newspaper columnist and missionary to India, Ellen has written and illustrated a children's allegory, She-Bear in the Beautiful Garden (2nd edition from Pen It! Publications); Fully Relying on God by Shirley Veltman, as told to (Westbow); Baaad Sheep - When God's People Let You Down (Pen It! Publications); and illustrated four books in the Adventures of Carmelo series for children by Fred Berri. In addition to substitute teaching for local Catholic schools, Ellen is active with community theater, Fort Pierce Toastmasters, and Use Your Words writing group. She has two blogs - For What It's Worth and A Poem a Day - which she contributes to at an alarmingly inconsistent rate.