Artie Woodington was born in a small town in east Texas. She left Texas at a very young age and lived the majority of her life in Idaho. She was a graduate of Pocatello High School. After graduation, she married and reared four children before attending Idaho State University. She taught schools in Idaho for a number of years before she relocated to California. While living in California, she continued pursuing her career as a teacher and enrolled in graduate studies at Dominguez Hill University. The author is the mother of four, the grandmother of ten, and the great-grandmother of three. She has always loved making up stories to entertain, to motivate, and to help children understand some of life's hard lessons.