Deb­o­rah Hop­kin­son is the acclaimed author of over 40 award-win­ning books, includ­ing Shut­ting Out the Sky, an NCTE Orbis Pic­tus Hon­or Book and a Jane Addams Peace Award Hon­or Book; Up Before Day­break, a Carter G. Wood­son Hon­or Award win­ner; Titan­ic: Voic­es from the Dis­as­ter, a YAL­SA Excel­lence in Non­fic­tion Final­ist and Sib­ert Hon­or Book; Courage & Defi­ance: Sto­ries of Spies, Sabo­teurs, and Sur­vivors in World War II Den­mark, a Syd­ney Tay­lor Notable Book and Orbis Pic­tus Rec­om­mend­ed title; Dive! World War II Sto­ries of Sailors & Sub­marines in the Pacif­ic; and D‑Day: The World War II Inva­sion that Changed His­to­ry. Deb­o­rah lives with her fam­i­ly near Port­land, Oregon.