Stephanie S. Tolan, M.A., playwright and Newbery Honor winning author of 24 critically acclaimed novels for children and young adults, is co-author of Guiding the Gifted Child. Since its publication in 1982, she has served as a consultant to parents and educators about the social, emotional, spiritual, and academic needs of the gifted, with a particular focus on the highly to profoundly gifted. Her articles about gifted children and adults have appeared in numerous journals, including Roeper Review (for which she is a contributing editor), Gifted Child Monthly, Journal of Advanced Development, Understanding Our Gifted, TIP Network News, ERIC Flyer Files, G/C/T, and The Communicator. A popular and dynamic speaker, Tolan has spoken at regional, national, and international conferences, and her article Is It a Cheetah? (based on a 1992 keynote speech at the Hollingworth Conference for the Highly Gifted) has been translated into more than 20 languages and reprinted by individuals, publications, and organizations for the gifted all over the world, many of whom have adopted the cheetah as a logo.
