Allan Woodrow grew up in Michigan, always wanting to be an author. His teachers told him to write about what he knew, but he quickly discovered he didn’t know very much. He didn’t know very much for quite a long time. Allan isn’t sure he really knows anything more now than he did in elementary school, but he got tired of waiting and decided to start writing anyway. He is the author of The Pet War and the Zachary Ruthless series, as well as other books for young readers, written under secret names. His writing also appears in the Scholastic anthology Lucky Dog: Twelve Tales of Rescued Dogs.

Allan currently lives near Chicago. For more about Allan and his books, visit his website at www.allanwoodrow.com.