Toni Sorenson Brown is a wife and mother of five kids. In addition to writing the Shirley books Validate Me Quick, I'm Double Parked!, In My Quest For Personal Growth, The Rest Of Me Grew Too! and Check the Lost and Found, My Mind is Missing, she owns her own portrait studio where she specializes in family and children's portraiture. An orphan who grew up in foster homes and on the street, Toni believes that humor and hope are the keys to survival, and her Shirley books reflect this philosophy. She and her family live in the heart of Utah's Rocky Mountains.