Nancy Arrowsmith was born in Oxford, England, in 1950 of American parents. She has travelled widely in the United States, India, and Europe. A Field Guide to the Little People was her first book. Also is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Kraut & Rüben, Germany’s first organic gardening magazine. She also founded the international seed organization Arche Noah, with the mission to preserve endangered plants. Arrowsmith has a master’s degree in acupuncture and runs her own healing practice in Arizona.