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MaryPopeOsbornegrewupinthemilitary,andbythetimeshewasfifteenhadlivedinOklahoma,Austria,FloridaandfourdifferentarmypostsinVirginiaandNorthCarolina.AftergraduatingfromtheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHillintheearly1970's,MarytraveledalloverEurope,andspentthefirstsixweeksofhertriplivinginacaveontheislandofCrete.ShethenjoinedupwithagroupofEuropeanyoungpeopleandtraveledinricketyvansthroughsixteenAsiancountries,includingIraq,Iran,Afghanistan,Pakistan,IndiaandNepal.Shewasabartender,anactingteacher,awaitress,atravelagent,awindowdresser,andamedicalassistant--allbeforebecominganauthor!Nowsheistheauthorofmanyhighlyacclaimedpicturebooks,earlychapterbooks,middle-gradebiographies,andyoungadultnovels.InFebruary1993,Marywaselectedthe27thpresidentoftheAuthor'sGuild,theoldest,mostestablishedorganizationforwritersintheUnitedStates.MaryherhusbandWillspilttheirtimebetweenanapartmentinGreenwichVillage,NewYorkandacabininPennsylvania.TheyownaterriernamedBailey,whosleepsonthetopofMary'sdeskeverydaywhileshewrites!SalvatoreMurdoccahasillustratedmorethan200children'stradeandtextbooks.Heisalsoalibrettistforchildren'sopera,avideoartist,anavidrunner,hiker,andbicyclist,andateacherofchildren'sillustrationattheParsonsSchoolofDesign.SallivesandworksinNewYorkwithhiswife,Nancy.