Our Authors

Deborah Cholette

Deborah Cholette loves sci-fi and fantasy…especially dystopian fiction. When she discovered that Earth’s atmosphere leaked out as solar particles entered through cracks in its magnetosphere, she knew she had a great story concept. While her daughter, Samantha, travels the world, Deborah lives and breathes clean air in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada with her cat-bosses, Brie and Galadriel. Look for DIGGER: DIG OR DIE! her new middle grade novel in early Spring 2025 in time for Earth Day events.

Jeri Cipriano

Jeri Cipriano is the author of more than 100 books for children. She has also served as an editorial director of classroom magazines at Scholastic. When Jeri is not writing she enjoys taking photos of people and places.

Ellen Melissa Cohen

Ellen Melissa Cohen, M.D. (author of Ben & Blue: Searching for Lucky #3002) is a psychiatrist on faculty at Harvard Medical School, and a board member of the New England Society of Clinical Hypnosis. She graduated Barnard College as a creative writing major before going to medical school. Her short story “The Mystery of the Northern Lights” was published in the NANCY DREW ANTHOLOGY (Silver Birch Press; 2016). Ellen lives with her husband near Boston, Massachusetts. You can learn more at https://www.ellenmelissacohen.com/

Jessica Cohn

Jessica Cohn is the author of the On the Job career series and many other helpful nonfiction books for students. She has made a career of writing and editing materials for young people, covering varied topics, from science to poetry. If you ask her, Cohn will tell you that she feels lucky to be on the job in educational publishing. Each day, she discovers something new to learn and someone with an interesting story—and then gets to share the information. Jessica and her family reside in California. When not working, she enjoys hiking, helping her local library, and exploring the country.

Aaron Derr

Aaron Derr is a writer based just outside of Dallas, Texas. He has more than 20 years of experience writing and editing magazines and books for kids of all ages for companies such as Red Chair Press, TIME For Kids, Sports Illustrated for Kids and the Boy Scouts of America. When he’s not reading or writing, Aaron enjoys watching and playing sports with his wife and two kids.  He’s learned a lot from his home team about being a good sport and building teams.

Jeff Dinardo

Always looking to make kids smile, Jeff’s books are filled with humor and silliness that captures a child’s imagination. When not writing, Jeff runs a successful design firm specializing in textbooks for use in classrooms from K-8. Committed to literacy, Jeff’s design firm also contributes to charitable organizations who promote the importance of reading and writing to young children.

Marko Galjasevic & Deborah Wood

Deborah Wood and Marko Galjasevic brought over a
decade of experience teaching yoga and wellness to
students of all ages. Originally from New York City,
they previously owned yoga studios in the Berkshires and in upstate New York.

Jack Guinan

Jack Guinan is a distinguished author and cartoonist. His published works include the popular children’s bedtime storybook SomeDay, SomeNight and the critically acclaimed personal investing books, The Online Trading Survival Guide and The Investopedia Guide to Wall Speak. His cartoons have appeared worldwide with King Features Syndicate.  

Janice Hechter

Janice Hechter is an award-winning illustrator and artist who has exhibited her paintings throughout the country. Janice has illustrated six picture books, including SCBWI Crystal Kite Award finalist, The Great Elephant Escape. Janice enjoys the combination of her two favorite passions, which are writing and illustrating. She is an active member of SCBWI. Her B.F.A. degree in illustration is from Carnegie Mellon University.

Gail Skroback Hennessey

Gail Hennessey taught social studies for most of her 33 ½-years of teaching. She was named Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year by both the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the New York State Council for the Social Studies. She has authored eight books for teachers and more than 35 books for children. When not writing about history, Gail and her husband Radcliffe read about history at home in Harpursville, NY.

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