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About the Author & Consultants
Sherry Bonnice lives with her husband and two children on a dirt
road in rural Pennsylvania. They raise rabbits and have a small farm
with a goat, a sheep, chickens, one duck, five dogs, and two cats.
Sherry has co-edited quilt magazines and written a quilt book. She
has also written several books for other Mason Crest series, includ-
ing Careers with Character and North American Folklore.
Mary Ann McDonnell, Ph.D., R.N., is the owner of South Shore Psy-
chiatric Services, where she provides psychiatric services to children
and adolescents. She has worked as a psychiatric nurse at Franciscan
Hospital for Children and has been a clinical instructor for North-
eastern University and Boston College advanced-practice nursing
students. She was also the director of clinical trials in the pediatric
psychopharmacology research unit at Massachusetts General Hospi-
tal. Her areas of expertise are bipolar disorder in children and ado-
lescents, ADHD, and depression.
Donald Esherick has worked in regulatory affairs at Rhone-Poulenc
Rorer, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, and Pharmalink Consulting.
He specializes in the chemistry section (manufacture and testing) of
investigational and marketed drugs.