Steven Stack

Steven Stack has been writing for young audiences for a good while now. He began his writing journey in second grade when he crafted the outstandingly complex story "Dumb Pilot," featuring a pilot of questionable intelligence. The story riveted his second-grade classmates, including Lisa, with whom he did a puppet show later in the school year. He illustrated "Dumb Pilot" himself, and in certain lighting the illustrations even resemble a plane and a pilot.

Many years later, after writing more stories and dipping his toes into poetry (the heartwarming "DOG" was featured in not only his high school literary magazine but his college one as well), Steven moved on to writing plays. He has published more than thirty plays, racking up over 300 performances in 44 states and eight countries. He has also written a YA novel, "The Bottom of the Lake," which was published by Ten16 Press. His newest book, "Behind the Curtain: The Tooth Fairy," is his first children's book and was based on an actual letter from the Tooth Fairy.

When he's not writing, Steven is a teacher who wears many hats, but the thing he loves the most is being the dad of his two amazing kids, Chloe and Zoe. They live in the troll capital of the world: Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.