MICHAEL TEITELBAUM has been a writer and editor of children’s books for more than twenty-five years. He worked on staff as an editor at Golden Books, Grossett & Dunlap, and Macmillan. As a writer, Michael’s fiction work includes The Scary States of America, fifty short stories—one from each state—all about the paranormal, published by Random House, and The Very Hungry Zombie: A Parody, done with artist extraordinaire Jon Apple, published by Skyhorse. His nonfiction work includes Jackie Robinson: Champion for Equality, published by Sterling; The Baseball Hall of Fame, a two-volume encyclopedia, published by Grolier; Sports in America, 1980-89, published by Chelsea House; and Great Moments in Women’s Sports and Great Inventions: Radio and Television, both published by World Almanac Library. Michael lives with his wife, Sheleigah, and two talkative cats in the beautiful Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.