Janet Fox is the author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers. Her work has received numerous awards and accolades including a SCBWI Golden Kite Award, a Bank Street Best Books Award, and the Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Master List. Janet received a Master of Science degree from the University of New York, Albany, in marine geology and authored/coauthored a number of respected scientific research papers. She is a former middle school/high school teacher and has an MFA in from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She lives in Bozeman, Montana.