About the Author

Kathleen Krull's many award-winning books of nonfiction include two others that focus on the childhood influences of great men- The Boy on Fairfield Street- How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss and The Boy Who Invented TV- The Story of Philo Farnsworth.

Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, a husband-and-wife team, are the illustrators of The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull, My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss, and New York's Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne, as well as many other picture books of note.