Susan Korman is the author of over twenty books for young readers, including P Is for Philadelphia; titles in the Smithsonian Institution Backyard series, Groundhog at Evergreen Road and Box Turtle at Silver Pond Lane; biographies of Sammy Sosa and Sir Walter Raleigh; and middle-grade fiction in series such as Magic Attic Club, Ghostwriter, Silver Blades, and others. Formerly a children's book editor, she currently works as a freelance writer and a school librarian. She lives in Yardley, Pennsylvania, with her husband and three children.