Stephanie Vanderpol is a stay-at-home mom by day, a stay-at-home mom by night, and a self-taught artist who paints sometimes. Her preferred medium is watercolor, but she also enjoys throwing her acrylics at a canvas once in a while. She also creates wooden pegdoll family portraits using wooden dolls and acrylic paint. Cheetahs Eat Cantaloupe is her first book.

Stephanie lives in Abbotsford, BC, with her husband and four children.