Sue Ellen was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico. At age seven her family moved to Oregon. After finishing school in Seaside, she met and married a local Tillamook County logger. She lives in Hebo, Oregon and works as a cook in a nursing home.
She wrote this book helped along by suggestions from here two boys, Donald, aged eight, and CJ. Aged six. The paper in the original pages was nearly worn out by friends and neighbors who loved "The Missing Easter Bunny."