Deb­bie Levy is no stranger to pow­er­ful non­fic­tion nar­ra­tives for chil­dren. She is the author of We Shall Over­come: The Sto­ry of a Song, Dozer’s Run: A True Sto­ry of a Dog and His Race, and a num­ber of oth­er non­fic­tion and fic­tion titles. A for­mer lawyer and news­pa­per edi­tor, Deb­bie cur­rent­ly lives in Mary­land with her husband.