For forty years Jill Root was an editor and publications manager for environmental consulting firms, government contractors, and academic publishers. She is the author of Play Without Pain: A Manua...view moreFor forty years Jill Root was an editor and publications manager for environmental consulting firms, government contractors, and academic publishers. She is the author of Play Without Pain: A Manual of Playground Safety; Interstate 90: A Guide to Points of Interest You Can See Without Stopping; and scripts for three educational multimedia CD-ROMs: Lewis and Clark Rediscovery; Centuries of Scenic Byways; and El Camino Real. She enjoys a busy retirement near her children and grandchildren in a Northern California suburb with her husband and her English Labrador Retriever.view less