Janet S. Wong (www.janetwong.com) is the author of more than two dozen books for children and teens. She has been honored with the Claremont Stone Center Recognition of Merit, the IRA Celebrate Literacy Award, and her appointment to the NCTE Commission on Literature. A frequent speaker at schools, libraries, and conferences, Wong has performed at the White House and has been featured on CNN, Fine Living's Radical Sabbatical, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her poems have been showcased in some unusual venues, such as 5,000 subway and bus posters in NYC (as part of the "Poetry in Motion" program) and on a car-talk radio show.