Alice Leonhardt

Alison Hart, a Virginia author of over twenty-five children's books (including A Spy on the Home Front: A Molly Mystery), loves to inspire young readers and writers. Her newest titles include the young-adult mystery Whirlwind, the sequel to the Edgar-nominated Shadow Horse; and Emma's River, historical fiction about a steamboat disaster on the Missouri River. Her books in the Racing to Freedom Trilogy - Gabriel's Horses, Gabriel's Triumph, and Gabriel's Journey - were all chosen as Junior Library Guild selections. Gabriel's Horses is on twelve state-awards lists.