Leonard S. Marcus is one of the world’s leading writers about children’s books and the people who create them. He is the author of Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the Moon, Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom, Golden Legacy: The Story of Golden Books, and more than 20 other books, including most recently You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk about Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell. Leonard has written frequently for the New York Times Book Review and has been a commentator on radio and television. He is a founding trustee of the Eric Carle Museum and is Editor at Large at Astra Publishing House, where he publishes picture books and poetry collections for young readers from around the world. Leonard lives in Brooklyn, New York.