Alice B. McGinty is the award-winning author of over 40 books for children. Her most recent picture book biography, Darwin (2009, Houghton Mifflin, illustrated by Mary Azarian) was named a 2010 Orbis Pictus Honor Book and was on Booklist's 2009 Top Ten Biographies for Youth. Her other publications include, Eliza’s Kindergarten Pet (2010, Marshall Cavendish, illustrated by Nancy Speir), Eliza’s Kindergarten Surprise (2007, Marshall Cavendish), Thank You, World (2007, Dial Books, illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin), Ten Little Lambs (2002, Dial Books, illustrated by Melissa Sweet), and nonfiction books on subjects ranging from nutrition to tarantulas. Alice was born in Minneapolis Minnesota and has lived in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Maryland, Georgia, Indiana, and Illinois. She’s been in Illinois for 20 years now. Maybe it’s time to move again! Alice loves to hike, play the guitar, dance, and read. She’s also a writing teacher and coach, runs a writing camp for girls in grades 6-9, is a children's book reviewer for the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette, and the Co-Regional Advisor for the Illinois Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She looks forward to the 2013 release of two picture books, Gandhi: A March To the Sea (Amazon Children’s Publishing, illustrated by Thomas Gonzales) and Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons (Charlesbridge).