Lisa Shulman

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area where I began writing stories and poems when I was six years old. When I was 10 I sent one of my books to a publishing house, and received my first rejection letter. Many rejections followed, as well as a few acceptances for my poetry, stories, and nonfiction for adults. I taught preschool and elementary school for years, but never thought about writing for children until my daughters were born. It was while I was reading picture book after picture book to them that I began to think about writing children's books. Many of the ideas for my books came from things my girls said and did. Old MacDonald had a Woodshop was my first published book, but it was not the first book I sold. That book was The Moon Might Be Milk, which will be published by Dutton Children's Books in Spring 2007, with wonderful illustrations by Will Hillenbrand. I still live in Northern California with my husband, twin daughters, and the world's friendliest dog and cat.