About the Author

A six-time Pulitzer Prize nominee,Allan W. Eckertis an Emmy Award-winning scriptwriter and a Newbery Honor author of books for young readers. He is also the author of the popular six-volume historical seriesNarratives of Americaand the creator ofTecumseh!, an outdoor drama staged regularly in Chillicothe, Ohio, that has played to more than a million people over the past 20 years.