About the Author
Tom Hegg is a husband, father, grandfather, teacher, actor and writer. He has touched countless lives with his
New York Times bestselling title,
A Cup of Christmas Tea, and his series of books about
PEEF The Christmas Bear. Tom is a drama teacher at Breck School in Minneapolis where he holds the rank of Master Teacher. He trained at Carnegie Mellon and performed for many magical seasons at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Tom and his wife Peggy live in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Author and illustrator, public speaker and musician, Warren Hanson has his name on several currently available books, including two he wrote and illustrated:
The Next Place (1997; over 250,000 sold);
Older Love (1999; nearly 20,000 sold); and six that he illustrated:
A Cup of Christmas Tea (1982; 1.5 million sold);
A Memory of Christmas Tea (1999; over 110,000 sold);
Mark of the Maker (1991; over 50,000 sold);
PEEF The Christmas Bear (1995; 240,000 sold);
A Silent Night for PEEF (1998; 65,000 sold);
Reading With Dad (2000; 12,000 sold).
On his business card, right under Warren Hanson’s name, it says “illustrator, author, amateur.” As an amateur, he goes back to the word’s Latin root, which means “someone who does something purely for the love of doing it. “ Warren Hanson love what he does. And it shows.
