*Spinelli, Eileen: -Eileen Spinellimade her debut in 1991 with Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch (Simon & Schuster), which won a Christopher Award. Since then she has written more than forty children's books, including When No One Is Watching, Jonah's Whale , and * Do You Have a Dog? (all Eerdmans)....

*Spinelli, Eileen: -Eileen Spinellimade her debut in 1991 with Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch (Simon & Schuster), which won a Christopher Award. Since then she has written more than forty children's books, including When No One Is Watching, Jonah's Whale , and * Do You Have a Dog? (all Eerdmans). She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and fellow children's writer Jerry Spinelli. Visit her website at eileenspinelli.com.