Linda Gondosch was born in Hinton, West Virginia, and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. After attending Rhodes High School and Ohio University, she married Werner Gondosch and raised four children in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, a small town on the Ohio River. Ideas for her children's fiction books come from the adventures of her children, as well as her own childhood. WHO NEEDS A BRATTY BROTHER? won the Kentucky Bluegrass Children's Choice Award. HOW DID TEA AND TAXES SPARK A REVOLUTION? AND OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOSTON TEA PARTY was named a 2011 Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International. For more information, see www.LindaGondosch.com