Amy Goldman KossΒ (amygoldmankoss.net)Β is the author of critically acclaimed novelsΒ The Girls,Β The Trouble with Zinny Weston,Β andΒ How I Saved Hanukkah. Ms. Koss both wrote and illustratedΒ Curious Creatures in Peculiar Places, a selection of the 1989 John Burroughs List of Outstanding Nature Books for Children, andΒ Where Fish Go in Winter, a Book-of-the-Month Club Selection. She lives in Glendale, California, with her husband, two children, and many pets.