Books By Kitson Jazynka, Valerie Tripp - Author

Kitson Jazynka is an award-winning freelance writer and children's author. Her work appears regularly in National Geographic Kids, American Girl, and Young Rider magazines, as well as the Washington Post's KidsPost section. She recently wrote a book for the Washington, DC, Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Foundation about the creation of the historic memorial. The author of Boys Camp: Nate's Story, Jazynka currently lives with her family—including her two young sons—in Washington, DC.

Valerie Tripp is the award-winning author of more than 40 books of historical fiction in the American Girl series. She also writes stories, songs, and poems for The Superkids Reading Program, and is a founder and the Editorial Director of Boys Camp. A frequent speaker at schools, libraries, and scout troops, Tripp graduated magna cum laude from the first co-educated class at Yale University in 1973. In 1981, she received a Masters of Education from Harvard