Judy Allen Judy Allen Website From England Writes Nonfiction and Fiction Writes animal books for children Writes for children and adults

Michael Dahl Writes joke books, mysteries, graphic novels, ghost stories, and about dead bodies Lives in Minnesota

Nicola Davies davies.com/Welcome.html Writes nonfiction animal books Write both nonfiction and fiction books for children From England

Anthony D. Fredericks College Professor in Pennsylvania Writes about animals /afredericks.html

Gail Gibbons From Vermont Writes a variety of children’s nonfiction books

Deborah Hodge om/ Write animal and transportation books From Canada

Steve Jenkins Writes science books Degree in graphic design From Colorado Steve Jenkins

Kathryn Lasky K/Home.html Writes both nonfiction and fiction for children

Peter Sis ent/about.html Born in Czechoslovakia Former filmmaker Writes children’s fiction and nonfiction books

Nic Bishop Has lived in many different countries Has a degree in Biology Used to write for adults, but now just writes children’s books

David Alder Known for his “Cam Jansen” series Has a teaching degree in math and history Has written a lot of biographies

Julius Lester et/juliuslester/ Lived in Kansas City, KS when he was growing up Was a professor at a university He is also a songwriter

Pam Munoz Ryan com/ Grew up in California Loved encyclopedias as a child Thought she would teach children’s literature, not write children’s literature.

David Macaulay Grew up in England Writes about the human body and buildings Has a sense of humor in his books

Kathleen Krull Born in Missouri Writes biographies about famous people, particularly presidents Was fired from the library for reading too many books.

Marilyn Singer Write fiction and nonfiction for children Taught English in high schools Writes poetry

Ben Hillman Filmmaker Enjoys the “unusual” Has his own film company nbooks.com/benbio.h tml