Lau­ra Geringer Bass is the author of over twen­ty books for young peo­ple includ­ing A THREE HAT DAY, an ALA Notable Book and SIGN OF THE QIN, an ALA Best Book. Her new mid­dle-grade nov­el, THE GIRL WITH MORE THAN ONE HEART, is out from Abrams this Spring. A Men­tor at Stony Brook Southamp­ton in the grad­u­ate Fel­low­ship pro­gram in Chil­dren’s Lit­er­a­ture, as well as a Men­tor for Girls Write Now, she serves on the Advi­so­ry Board of First Book, an award-win­ning orga­ni­za­tion that has deliv­ered over 170 mil­lion books into the hands of chil­dren in need. She may be con­tact­ed through her web­site laurageringer​bass​.com and on Facebook.