LINDA SUE PARK is the author of the novels A Single Shard, which received the Newbery Medal, Seesaw Girl, The Kite Fighters, and When My Name Was Keoko, as well as two picture books for Clarion, The Firekeeper's Son and What Does Bunny See? Ms. Park lives with her family in Rochester, New York. A hank of raw silk hangs from a shelf in her home office; it was spun by silkworms that were raised as research for this book.