Kathleen Olmstead

About the Author

Kathleen Olmstead is the author of several Classic Starts books, including Anne of Avonlea and Moby Dick, as well as Jacques Cousteau: A Life Under the Sea and Matthew Henson: The Quest for the North Pole, both in the Sterling Biographies series.

Sarah Brannen has illustrated more than a dozen books for children, and is the author and illustrator of Uncle Bobbys Wedding (Putnam, 2008). She won the Ann Barrow Scholarship from the New England chapter of the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators in 2007. Learn more about her at sarahbrannen.com.