Born and raised in St. Louis, Mis­souri, Rosanne Tolin is the author of More Than Mar­malade: Michael Bond and The Sto­ry of Padding­ton Bear. Her work has focused pri­mar­i­ly on children’s pub­li­ca­tions. She was the cre­ator of an ALA notable web­site for kids, the man­ag­ing edi­tor of a children’s mag­a­zine, and a Hoosier State Press Award-win­ning fea­ture writer. She lives in Chester­ton, Indi­ana, with her hus­band. When not work­ing she can be found hik­ing with her dogs in the Indi­ana Dunes or Colorado’s Ten­mile Range.