Chris Swann lives in Alberta, Canada. She spent many years in corporate communications using her creative skills. Since retiring from the corporate world she now concentrates on writing, art, and animal therapy. Chris is a certified equine massage therapist and healing touch for animals practitioner, but she also loves to write and draw. Chris wrote Lilly's Story to help horse lovers and owners understand equine Cushing's, metabolic syndrome and the serious side effects of laminitis, and the complication of shivers - a progressive neurodegenerative condition. In her latest book project Chris illustrated "Arya's Adventures" for her niece who lives in Spain. Lucy O'Reilly wrote Arya's Adventures on her Colourful Train for pre-school children in both Spanish and English.