Anne Marie Pace

In spite of the adage to write what you know, Anne Marie Pace has never been a vampire, a bear, a ballerina, or a sledding pig. She is the author of a number of published and upcoming picture books, including NEVER EVER TALK TO STRANGERS and A TEACHER FOR BEAR, both published by Scholastic Book Clubs; the VAMPIRINA BALLERINA series, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, published by Disney-Hyperion, which has been adapted into the Emmy-nominated hit television series VAMPIRINA from Disney Junior and VAMPIRINA: TEENAGE VAMPIRE on Disney Channel; PIGLOO, illustrated by Lorna Hussey, published by Henry Holt; GROUNDHUG DAY, illustrated by Christopher Denise (Disney-Hyperion, 2017); BUSY-EYED DAY, illustrated by Frann Preston-Gannon (Beach Lane Books, 2018); SUNNY'S TOW TRUCK SAVES THE DAY (Abrams, 2019), illustrated by Christopher Lee; and MOUSE CALLS (Beach Lane Books, 2022), illustrated by Erin Kraan. Coming in 2027 is THE RESIDENT GHOST illustrated by Leanne Hatch and published by Union Square Kids. Someday, she hopes to write books about what she does know: whistling, baking blue-ribbon-winning chocolate chip cookies, and schlepping kids around in a minivan, if she can find a way to make any of that interesting. She lives with her family in Virginia.