Amy Oxford is the founder of the Oxford Rug Hooking School and is an internationally renowned instructor. She is the inventor, manufacturer, and distributor of the Oxford Punch Needle, and her teacher certification program has over the past three decades resulted in over 130 Oxford Certified Instructors in the US, Canada, the UK, Europe, the UAE, and Japan. Amy has been licensed by the Shelburne Museum to make adaptations of their antique rugs and has helped catalog the museum's renowned collection of historic hooked rugs. She is the author of six previous books, including the bestselling Punch Needle Rug Hooking: Your Complete Resource to Learn & Love the Craft. She lives in Cornwall, Vermont.