Bio (see a longer bio on my “About” page):

Emma Bland Smith is a librarian and the award-winning author of many books for children. Her latest include Mr. McCloskey’s Marvelous Mallards, How Science Saved the Eiffel Tower, and The Gardener of Alcatraz. Emma lives in an old creaky house in San Francisco with her family, pets, and too many cookbooks and coffee mugs. Visit her at www.emmabsmith.com