Diane Wright Landolf is a freelance children's book editor and former senior editor at a major publisher, where she spent more than twenty years specializing in chapter books and middle-grade novels. She's the author of the picture book What a Good Big Brother! , the early reader Hog and Dog, and a chapter book adaptation of The Jungle Book . Diane loves travel and hiking and frequently both at the same time. She is the mother of two--one grown and one almost-grown--and lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, NY.