ELIZABETH CODY KIMMEL is the author of several novels and nonfiction books for early and middle grade readers, including ICE STORY: SHACKLETON’S LOST EXPEDITION, AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN REACH: LEWIS AND CLARK’S WESTWARD QUEST, and BALTO AND THE GREAT RACE (A Stepping Stone Book), which won the Kansas City Childrens Book Award for grades 1-3. And as something completely different, she recently wrote the fun middle-grade story, LILY B. ON THE BRINK OF COOL. The author lives in Cold Spring, NY.