"When a little girl can't sleep one night, her dad asks if she'd like to go for a walk. They tiptoe through the silent house and step out into the dark"--

SARA O'LEARY is a writer of fiction for adults and children. Her highly acclaimed picture books include A Family Is a Family Is a Family, illustrated by Qin Leng; Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets, illustrated by Jacob Grant, and The Boy and the Blue Moon, illustrated by Ashley Crowley. She has also written the award-winning series of Henry books and This Is Sadie (adapted for the stage for New York City's Children's Theater), all illustrated by Julie Morstad. A graduate of the UBC Creative Writing Program, she has taught screenwriting and writing for children at Concordia University in Montreal.