Mary Downing Hahn's many acclaimed novels include such beloved ghost stories as Wait Till Helen Comes, Deep and Dark and Dangerous, and Took. A former librarian, she has received more than fifty child-voted state awards for her work. She lives in Columbia, Maryland, with a cat named Nixi.
James Cross Giblin (1933-2016) was the author of more than twenty critically acclaimed books for young people.
His book The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler received the Robert F. Sibert Award for Informational Books.