ABOUT THE AUTHOR

James Bird is the author of The Brave, a Book Riot Best Book of 2020, which was praised as “full of heart, authenticity, and courage” by School Library Journal in a starred review, and The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls, which The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books called “grounded in love.” He is also a screenwriter and director at the independent film company Zombot Pictures. A California native of Ojibwe descent, he now lives in Massachusetts with his wife, the author and actor Adriana Mather, and their son. You can sign up for email updates here.