ALETHEA K. HELBIG is Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. She has been teaching Native-American literature for 20 years. A former president of the Children's Literature Association, she has received the State of Michigan Award for Outstanding Teaching and Publication. She has published over 100 articles in professional journals such as Children's Literature and The Children's Literature Association Quarterly and reference books such as American Women Writers, Writers for Children, and Masterplots.AGNES REGAN PERKINS is Professor Emeritus of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. She has published numerous articles in journals and reference books including A Tolkien Compass, Unicorn, Children's Literature, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Writers for Children, and Masterplots. She is co-compiler of the poetry anthologies New Coast and Strange Harbors (with Helen Hill) and Straght on till Morning and Dusk to Dawn (both with Hill and Alethea Helbig).

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