Wil Mara is an award-winning author. Wil worked as a professional editor for more than 20 years and has written more than 150 children's fiction and nonfiction books for publishers such as Scholastic, Cavendish Square Publishing, Cherry Lake Publishing, and Capstone. Wil is also an associate member of the New Jersey Association of School Librarians and a member of the Board of Directors for the New Jersey Center for the Book.