Denny Taylor regards art, literature, and science inseparable. She is a lifelong activist and scholar committed to nurturing the imagination and human spirit. She has published sixteen books, is the recipient of the Modern Language of Association of America Mina P. Shaughnessy Award, and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2004 she was inducted in the International Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame. She is Professor Emeritus of Literacy Studies at Hofstra University, and the founder of Garn Press. Her most recent books are Nineteen Clues: Great Transformations Can Be Achieved Through Collective Action; Save Our Children, Save Our School: Pearson Broke The Golden Rule; Rosie's Umbrella; and Rat-a-tat-tat! I've Lost My Cat! which received the 2015 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award; and Toodle-oo, Ruby Blue!
