Lauren L. Wohl has had a long career in children's book publishing. She has a degree in Library Science and has been an elementary school librarian. She served as Director of James Patterson's ReadKiddoRead program, taught writing at the college level, and now consults with several publishers and literary agencies. Stories she's been reading in newspapers and seeing on television news programs about children stepping up to make kind, generous, and important contributions to their communities inspired her chapter books about the Raccoon River Kids: BLUEBERRY BONANZA and now EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE PLAZA. She is also the author of a picture book, A TEENY TINY HALLOWEEN illustrated by Henry Cole. A native New Yorker, Lauren enjoys life in her new hometowns of Lenox, Massachusetts and Miami Beach, Florida.
