Janalee Tobias
Born the youngest of seven children, Janalee Tobias was raised in Idaho. She wrote The Raspberry Man as an assignment for an English class at Ricks College in Rexburg, ID (now known as BYU-Idaho). Thirty years later, she found this story while going through some old college papers and entered it into a writing contest where it won first place. Several people suggested she make the story into a children’s book. So thanks to her great-niece, Julia Adams, who is the illustrator, people can see and read about the real-life characters in a time when the world was carefree, happy-go-lucky, and out of harm’s way. Julia has autism, and each picture by Julia is hand-drawn and colored with loving care. The author hopes that everyone is blessed with a “Raspberry Man” in his or her life. Janalee graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. She currently resides in Utah with her husband, Steve, and cat and a canary. They have two adult daughters, Lisa and Stephanie. Janalee has been involved with many high profile organizations protecting the Bill of Rights and has had legal representation at the Utah Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States defending the first and second amendments to the U.S. Constitution.