Cindy Trumbore is an editor and author of classroom materials in reading and language arts for children. While she has written several books of nonfiction for the classroom, The Genie in the Book is her first work of fiction for children. She was born in M R.W. Alley says he now spends his days exactly as he did when he was ten years old -- telling stories and drawing pictures. He conducts these activities from his home in Barrington, Rhode Island, where he lives with his family.
