Dawn Meehan grew up in Chicago where she began her writing career at the age of five with her widely praised, “The Lucky Leprechaun,” an epic tale of a leprechaun who was yes, you guessed it, lucky. Dawn has six children, basically because she didn’t want seven. She is the author of “Because I Said So” and spends her days blogging at BecauseISaidSo.com, changing diapers, cleaning pudding off her ceiling, tackling insurmountable piles of laundry, and explaining to her kids why they can’t have a pet squirrel or an indoor slip-n-slide.