Michele Dodds is a writer of sheep stories, a mom to a beautiful daughter, a wife to a wonderful husband and an artist of whimsical worlds and characters. From a young age I drew from my imagination to escape reality and help me keep still. As an adult I worked many practical jobs. Eventually I went back to school and received a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Illinois State University. I worked as an Art Director for several years. When our daughter was a baby I began illustrating books during her nap time. I enjoyed working on the book, Gillie, the Dream Big Guinea Pig and other art projects. In 2023 I began writing my own stories based on real people and real events that I gathered from personal diaries, family journals, memories and stories I heard as a child. My stories use sheep as characters. I chose sheep because they are fun to draw and because Jesus used sheep in his stories. Sheep are vulnerable, they feel safer in groups, they get scared easily and they often do dumb things. That sounds a lot like me! Sheep desperately need a shepherd to lead them. Without a shepherd sheep would not survive. We desperately need the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ in our life. My character Dew, is the Ewe who Drew. She draws and tells the stories about all the other sheep. My hope is that each story will encourage the reader to fall in love with the Good Shepherd, stay close to Him and follow Him because He knows what is best for us.Read more about this authorRead less about this author