Nancy Willard 

Nancy Willard's most recent books include The Flying Bed and Cinderella's Dress, both published by Scholastic. Her collection of poems, A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers (Harcourt), was the first poetry book to win the Newbery Medal. She has also published twelve collections of poetry and two novels for adults.

In 2008, her book of lectures on writing, The Left-Handed Story, will be published by the University of Michigan Press. She teaches in the English Department at Vassar College.