Carole Lyn Woodring is a writer, editor, ghostwriter, and author of fiction and nonfiction. She holds an M.A. in psychology from Columbia University and is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators. She has worked for Yale U., Penn State U., and Sacred Heart College (N.C.), as well as for First Union Corporation, and as a free-lance writer for periodicals and other entities. While working on this continuing series, she is completing her first novel.