About the Author

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MICHAEL BURGAN has written more than 250 books for children and young adults, including Who Was Theodore Roosevelt? and Who Was Henry Ford? His specialty is history, with an emphasis on biography. His honors include the 2016 Carter G. Woodson Honor Book (National Council for the Social Studies) for Shadow Catcher: How Edward S. Curtis Documented American Indian Dignity and Beauty (Capstone Press). The book also received a Gold Medal from the California Reading Association. A graduate of the University of Connecticut with a degree in history, Burgan is also a produced playwright and the editor of The Biographer’s Craft, the newsletter for Biographers International Organization. He first started writing for children as an editor at Weekly Reader before beginning his freelance career in 1994. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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