Molly Bang has written and illustrated more than twenty books for young readers. Her most recent book, Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share (1997), won the prestigious Giverny Book Award as the best children's science picture book published in the past five years. Her previous book Goose was a School Library Journal Best Book of 1996 and a Horn Book Fanfare Selection. Her earlier books include Ten, Nine, Eight and The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher, both Caldecott Honor Books. She lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts.