Jennifer J. Stewart is known for her comic middle-grade novels. Besides writing, she has traveled extensively in Nepal, tending patients in village hospitals and teaching health education classes to women and children. She has also trekked to Annapurna Base Camp and ridden a runaway elephant. Ms. Stewart makes her home in Arizona. You can visit her on the Web at www.jenniferjstewart.com. This is her third novel. Other novels by Jennifer Stewart are "The Bean King's Daughter," and "If That Breathes Fire, We're Toast!."