GAREN THOMAS worked as an editor in children's book publishing fornbsp;many years and is the author ofSanta’s Kwanzaa. She edited many notable children’s books, including the Caldecott Honor BookMoses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom, by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson; Kadir Nelson’sWe Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball; and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning novelDay of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue, by Julius Lester.nbsp;She continues to act as a consultant and children’s books editor on a freelance basis while working on her own writing and film projects. She holds an A.B. from Harvard University and is getting… her M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.