GLORIA WHELAN says, “Some years ago, like Fawn’s family, we moved to the woods of Northern Michigan. Many of the towns and lakes near our cabin have Indian names. We canoed down the same streams the Indians canoed; the roads we travel each day were once Indian trails. It’s not surprising, then, that the stories of the Indians should find their way into my imagination and my books.”
Gloria Whelan has written many popular books for children, including Next Spring an Oriole, Silver, The Secret Keeper, Hannah, and Goodbye, Vietnam. She lives with her husband in Northern Michigan.