About the Author

Jim Mockford is a historian and writer, specializing in Asian and Pacific studies. He attended Waseda University in Japan, graduated from the University of Oregon Honors College with a degree in Asian studies, and studied Chinese at the University of Washington. Jim was an award-winning kite flier at the 1987 Weifang International Kite Festival in Weifang, China. In 2017, he returned to Weifang to fly kites in China once again, and he was an American delegate to the First Dunhuang International Kite Festival. Jenny (Mockford) Farmer is a graphic artist based in Portland, OR. She has a bachelor of arts degree from Washington State University Vancouver. Jenny studied dance and music at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, and attended Clark College and the University of Utah. As a child, Jenny raced kites in the annual Washington State International Kite Festival in Long Beach, WA. Jenny traveled with her daughter, Emily, and family to visit her nephew Jason in Dalian, China, in 2018. Theresa Johnson is the illustrator of the popular children's books Rojo, The Perfectly Imperfect Llama and Rojo, Where's My Hair. Theresa enjoys all aspects of visual storytelling. When she's not working on client projects in her Vancouver, WA, studio, you will find her sketching characters from her imagination. Theresa earned a bachelor of fine arts degree from Montana State University and has worked as a contract artist for over twenty years.