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Heidi E. Y. Stemple

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Heidi E.Y. Stemple didn't want to be a writer when she grew up. In fact, after she graduated from college, she became a probation officer in Florida. It wasn't until she was 28 years old that she gave in and joined the family business, publishing her first short story in a book called Famous Writers and Their Kids Write Spooky Stories. The famous writer was her mom, author Jane Yolen. Since then, she has published almost 40 books and numerous short stories and poems, mostly for children.Heidi lives and writes on a big old farm in Massachusetts that she shares with one very large cat who lives inside, and a dozen...

Ame Dyckman

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Ame Dyckman writes picture books and board books when she SHOULD be sleeping. She's the award-winning author of BOY BOT; TEA PARTY RULES; the New York Times bestselling WOLFIE THE BUNNY; HORRIBLE BEAR!; YOU DON'T WANT A UNICORN!; YOU DON'T WANT A DRAGON!; READ THE BOOK, LEMMINGS!; MISUNDERSTOOD SHARK; MISUNDERSTOOD SHARK: FRIENDS DON'T EAT FRIENDS; the WEE BEASTIES board book series (HUGGY THE PYTHON HUGS TOO HARD, ROARY THE LION ROARS TOO LOUD, TOUCHY THE OCTOPUS TOUCHES EVERYTHING) ; DANDY; THAT'S LIFE!, the upcoming (June, 2021) THE NEW KID HAS FLEAS, the upcoming (July, 2021) TINY...