FRANCES O'ROARK DOWELL is the author of Dovey Coe, winner of a 2001 Edgar Award and the William Allen White Award; Where I'd Like To Be, an IRA/CBC Children's Choice; The Secret Language of Girls; Chicken Boy, an ALA Notable Book and NCTE Notable Book; and Phineas L. MacGuire...Erupts!: The First Experiment. She lives in Durham.
