Phillip Hoose is a highly decorated author of award-winning books for young readers, including Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice,which was the recipient of the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor and a Sibert Honor; Moonbird,which was the recipient of a Sibert Honor and a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction; The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, which won the Boston-Globe Horn Book Award; and We Were There, Too!, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He divides his time between New Orleans, Louisiana and Portland, Maine and invites you to visit him online at philliphoose.com.