Dower, Laura

Laura Dower is the author of "For Girls Only: Everything Great About Being a Girl". She has written more than ninety books for young readers of all ages from picture books to young adult fiction and nonfiction and is the author of the popular series "From the Files of Madison Finn". Laura was born in Massachusetts, and graduated from Columbia University. After a procession of odd jobs babysitting, waitressing, coffee-making, switchboard-operating she worked in children s publishing for many years before becoming a full-time author. She lives in Yonkers, New York with her husband and three chil...