Leslie Connor is the author of many award-winning books for children, including Anybody Here Seen Frenchie, mentioned on the 2023 Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts award list; The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle, National Book Award finalist and winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award; Waiting for Normal, winner of the ALA Schneider Family Book Award; A Home for Goddesses and Dogs; All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook; and Crunch. She lives in the Connecticut woods with her family and three rescue dogs. You can visit her online at www.leslieconnor.com.