BIO

Gloria Whelan is the best-selling author of many novels for young readers, including HOMELESS BIRD, winner of the National Book Award; FRUITLANDS: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect; Angel on the Square and its companion, THE IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY; Once on this Island, winner of the Great Lakes Book Award; FAREWELL TO THE ISLAND; and RETURN TO THE ISLAND. She lives with her husband, Joseph, in the woods of northern Michigan.