Linda Lewin is a former editor at Simon & Schuster Publishers in New York and now lives in San Francisco, where she writes and teaches. Her other books include Tiny and Toony Teeth, Pioneer Women of California (Toucan Valley Publishers), and Animal Stories--Fun-to-Read Series (Waldman Publishers). She has written and produced an award-winning DVD series for children, Growing Up Indian (Benchmark Films) and produced Story Circle, a series of multicultural storytelling DVDs.