{"id":13,"date":"2026-05-08T10:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T10:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo-staging-websites.com\/Richard_Lusa\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:46:57","slug":"about-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo-staging-websites.com\/Richard_Lusa\/about-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13\" class=\"elementor elementor-13\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff10add e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ff10add\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48d2c83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48d2c83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e0f4eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e0f4eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A woman who watched nature closely and had something real to say.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b66299 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8b66299\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b593d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b593d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5c1208 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5c1208\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erika Peternel<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e69a852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e69a852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Erika Peternel was born in Slovenia, just before the Second World War. She spent her childhood outdoors, watching birds, learning their rhythms, and quietly falling in love with the natural world. In 1968, she moved to the United States with her husband and three children, carrying those memories with her. Decades later, she put them into words.\u00a0<em>Little Bird Peanut<\/em>\u00a0is the result of a lifetime of careful watching and a deep belief that nature has things to teach us, if we slow down long enough to notice.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-838680f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"838680f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Her story \u201cLittle Bird Peanut\u201d reminds us that the best books come from a life genuinely lived, not from imagination alone.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f0de9c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5f0de9c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e22b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55e22b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"443\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/demo-staging-websites.com\/Richard_Lusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-4.19.37-PM.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-230\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/demo-staging-websites.com\/Richard_Lusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-4.19.37-PM.jpeg 443w, https:\/\/demo-staging-websites.com\/Richard_Lusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-29-at-4.19.37-PM-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68148f4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"68148f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4cc11c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4cc11c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Storytelling Philosophy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b1d5d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1b1d5d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7ef44e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7ef44e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12b9a63 elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"12b9a63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M19.2907 8.01074C12.2187 8.01074 5.33333 12.8881 5.33333 21.8161C5.33333 31.7494 16.92 42.4214 30.1413 55.2561C30.6587 55.7601 31.3307 56.0107 32 56.0107C32.6693 56.0107 33.3413 55.7601 33.8587 55.2561C47.1307 42.3734 58.6667 31.7521 58.6667 21.8161C58.6667 12.8747 51.7867 8.03474 44.7227 8.03474C39.8267 8.03474 35 10.3441 32 14.8454C28.9867 10.3227 24.1733 8.01074 19.2907 8.01074ZM19.2907 12.0107C24.5973 12.0134 27.8293 15.6187 30.3707 19.2107C30.744 19.7387 31.352 20.0534 32 20.0561C32.648 20.0561 33.256 19.7441 33.632 19.2187C36.1787 15.6481 39.472 12.0347 44.7227 12.0347C49.512 12.0347 54.6667 15.0961 54.6667 21.8161C54.6667 28.9387 46.984 36.9441 32 51.4881C17.456 37.3947 9.33333 29.1174 9.33333 21.8161C9.33333 18.8161 10.3707 16.2987 12.3307 14.5441C14.1253 12.9334 16.664 12.0107 19.2907 12.0107Z\" fill=\"#7A9B76\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWatch First\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tErika never invented what she could observe. Real birds, real behavior, real lessons gathered quietly over many years.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-574ed5f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"574ed5f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc9974 elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"afc9974\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M42.0987 20.0825C28.48 27.5092 8.17867 44.5545 0 61.3332H7.83733C10.0213 55.9438 14.5627 49.2372 18.1067 45.5945C40.4693 55.5865 64 38.1945 64 15.3465C64 11.2532 63.1947 6.98384 61.5467 2.6665C55.288 10.9838 46.488 5.47184 32.6107 6.99984C12.192 9.2505 2.84533 25.1252 9.24 37.7732C18.5893 28.6665 34.6347 20.7598 42.0987 20.0825Z\" fill=\"#7A9B76\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFeel Deeply\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery page carries an emotional truth. The fear Peanut feels is the same fear children carry on their first day of school.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6719321 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6719321\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-381a1af elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"381a1af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" fill=\"none\"><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M58.6667 64H13.3334C8.91471 64 5.33337 60.4187 5.33337 56V8C5.33337 3.58133 8.91471 0 13.3334 0H58.6667V64ZM53.3334 53.3333H14.6534C10.9867 53.3333 10.9867 58.6667 14.6534 58.6667H53.3334V53.3333ZM53.3334 5.33333H13.3334V48H53.3334V5.33333ZM45.3334 13.3333V21.3333H21.3334V13.3333H45.3334Z\" fill=\"#7A9B76\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKeep It Simple\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe most lasting stories are told plainly. No tricks, no noise. Just a small bird and the big, beautiful world waiting for him.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2534c3b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2534c3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c51b85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2c51b85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Her Writing Life<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b36d5f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b36d5f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d1868 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42d1868\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Beginning<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa80f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"fa80f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Childhood Outdoors\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tErika grew up close to the ground, close to trees, and close to birds. That early closeness never left her.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d3244 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a5d3244\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09cff8b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09cff8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inspiration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e87ac8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"e87ac8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNature Spoke First\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt was not an idea that sparked this book. It was a real bird family she had watched, season after season, with quiet wonder.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8c7988 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a8c7988\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-591678e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"591678e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Today<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cc87e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"8cc87e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Story Delivered\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNow in her later years, Erika has given her grandchildren something that no birthday gift could match: her story, in her own words.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aefeaf1 e-con e-atomic-element e-flexbox-base e-784db8b \" data-id=\"aefeaf1\" data-element_type=\"e-flexbox\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-interaction-id=\"aefeaf1\" data-e-type=\"e-flexbox\" data-id=\"aefeaf1\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf95365 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cf95365\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30070c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30070c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Author A woman who watched nature closely and had something real to say. 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