Elizabeth O. Dulemba is an award-winning author/illustrator of two dozen children's picture books. She is Illustrator Coordinator for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Southern Breeze region, a board member of the Georgia Center for the Book, and Visiting Associate Professor at Hollins University in the MFA program in Children's Book Writing and Illustration. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, Bernie the dog, and Bootsie the cat--the boss of them all. A Bird on Water Street is her first novel.