Clelia Castro-Malaspina is the author of books for teens and children, including Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid’ s Guide to the First Amendment. Kirkus called this book “ current, insightful and savvy, ” and in its starred review, Booklist asserted that the book “ empowers kids. ” Clelia has been an attorney and a literary agent, and currently runs her children’ s book editorial business, Mossy Pines Creative. She lives on Mercer Island Washington, an island suburb of Seattle, with her husband and two daughters.