Louise Bonnett-Rampersaud was born in England and moved to the United States when she was six. She has lived in Florida, Pennsylvania and Maryland. She graduated from State College Area High School in State College, Pennsylvania (home of the Nittany Lion), and completed a journalism degree from The University of Maryland in an appropriate amount of time (regardless of what others may say). During her 'year out' from university, she interned at Lloyd's of London and pulled a pint or two at a charming pub in the City of London.Louise is the author of such picture book titles as Polly Hopper's Pouch (Dutton, 2001), How Do You Sleep? (Marshall Cavendish, 2005), Bubble & Squeak (Marshall Cavendish, 2006) and Never Ask A Bear (HarperCollins, 2009). She enjoys writing picture books and chapter books and plans to write YA in the future.