Jonathon Scott Fuqua is the author of Darby, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2003, In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe, and The Reappearance of Sam Webber, an ALA Alex Award for best adult book for young adults, a NYPL Best Book for the Teenage, an SLJ Best Book of the Year, and a Booklist Editors Choice. A writer, artist, historian, and teacher, he has won three Maryland State Arts Council Fiction Writing Awards. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland, with his wife and daughter.
