Heather Vogel Frederick is the author of a number of novels for young readers, including The Mother-Daughter Book Club, the Spy Mice series, and The Voyage of Patience Goodspeed. Her work has been honored by the American Library Association and the New York Public Library, and she was a finalist for the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize (UK) and a winner of the Oregon Book Award. Heather is a former staff writer and children's book review editor for The Christian Science Monitor, and has also written for The New York Times, Family Life, Child, and Publishers Weekly, where she was a contributing editor for many years. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, their two teenage sons, the family dog, and three fun-loving chickens.
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