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Jeff Hagen is an award winning author and artist. His creative work has received acclaim from The New York Times, Chicago Tribune,Milwaukee Journal. Minneapolis Star/tribune /Detroit News/ Publisher Weekly, NEA, ABC T.V. Junior Library Guilde and Kirkus Starred reviews. He has authored and illustrated 10 books and has created numerous cover features for major Sunday newspapers and magazines across the US And Canada. His award winning artwork has appeared in Watercolor USA , NationalWatercolor Society traveling exhibit . Watercolor Wisconsin , The Utah National paint and Print show and several hundred art shows in The U S and Europe,he is a signature member of The National Watercolor Society. Recently, he was honored as a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from his Universtiy in Minnesota. He has taught art for over 40 years in the public schools of the U S..currently he is volunteering to teach at a small mountain school in Appalachia…a portion of the sale of this book and artwork will be donated to help that small school buy art supplies. He lives in the Midwest and still loves the sound of a midnight train passing his bedroom window in the dark star studded sky.