Anna Olswanger first began inter­view­ing Rab­bi Rafael Gross­man and writ­ing down his sto­ries in the ear­ly 1980s. She is the author of the mid­dle grade nov­el Green­horn, based on an inci­dent in Rab­bi Gross­man­’s child­hood and set against the back­drop of the Holo­caust. She is also the author of Shlemiel Crooks, a Syd­ney Tay­lor Hon­or Book and PJ Library Book, which she wrote after dis­cov­er­ing a 1919 Yid­dish news­pa­per arti­cle about the attempt­ed rob­bery of her great-grand­par­ents’ kosher liquor store in St. Louis.

Anna lives in New Jer­sey with her hus­band. She is a lit­er­ary agent and rep­re­sents a num­ber of award-win­ning authors and illus­tra­tors. Vis­it her at www​.olswanger​.com.