H.M. Bouwman is the author of children's novels such as Gossamer Summer (2023, Atheneum), A Crack in the Sea, (Putnam, 2017), and A Tear in the Ocean (2019), as well as the Owen and Eleanor early chapter book series (Beaming Books). A Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, she lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her two kids.