Nancy Krulik (www.penguin.com/GeorgeBrown) has written more than 100 books for children and young adults, including three New York Times bestsellers. Her very first story (in first grade) was about how she wanted to be Mary Poppins because she wanted to dance in the park with Bert and the penguins. Since then she has continued to write wonderful stories and is best known for the two series Katie Kazzoo and George Brown, Class Clown. She now lives in Manhattan with her husband, their two children, and a crazed cocker spaniel called Pepper.