"Beverly Mach Geller is a graduate of Syracuse University School of Nursing. After careers in nursing and interior decorating, she earned a BA in English from Rutgers University and an MA from the College of New Jersey. Beverly is a published children's poet. Her other picture books include THE UPHERIN: EPHRAIM'S FIRST HAIRCUT, THE SHALOM ZACHAR AT NACHUM'S HOUSE, and THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING PITOM (Gefen Publishing). Ms. Geller has three children, eight grandchildren, and resides in Highstown, NJ with her husband, Sam."