CANDACE FLEMING believes that the spookiest stories begin with the truth. The setting of this book, White Cemetery, is a real graveyard near her home in Oak Park, Illinois, not far from Chicago.

Fleming is the prolific and highly acclaimed author of numerous books for kids, including the nonfiction titles The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book and winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Nonfiction; The Great and Only Barnum: The Tremendous, Stupendous Life of Showman P. T. Barnum, also an ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book, as well as an ALA-YALSA Best Book for Young Adults; and Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart, which Kirkus Reviews called a “stunning look at an equally stunning lady.” In addition, Fleming is the author of the Aesop Elementary School books for middle-grade readers and the picture books Clever Jack Takes the Cake, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and Imogene’s Last Stand, which was a Junior Library Guild selection. You can visit the author at candacefleming.com.