Though now a resident of Western New York, I was born in Indianapolis and grew up there. After graduating from the University of Rochester, I returned to Indianapolis and worked for the Bobbs-Merrill Company, publishers, later becoming its children's book editor. Though I have written six biographies for children, Indiana history became my favorite subject and the subject of two of my more recent titles—Log Cabin in the Woods and A Clearing in the Forest. I have two grown children, Katherine and David Henry.


