About the Author

Randy Anthony

Randy Anthony is an author and operational reliability professional whose writing crosses technical operations, systems thinking, radio history, and fiction.

His professional work has centered on environments where systems must perform under real-time pressure. That experience informs books such as Reliability Is Not Improvised and FM: The Fading Modulation of Terrestrial Radio.

Ella Umber & Her Umber-Ella comes from a different side of the same curiosity: the observation that language, systems, and stories all become interesting when you look closely at the relationships between their parts.

Why write a children's book?

Not every useful idea needs to arrive wearing a necktie. Children naturally test language, invent connections, and ask questions adults sometimes stop asking. Writing for children creates a chance to return to that kind of curiosity.

Ella Umber is deliberately playful. It is interested in sound, names, humor, and the small surprises that can turn an ordinary moment into a story.

More from Randy

Randy's professional writing and operational reliability work are available at his main website.