Vivian Vande Velde is the author of 40 books for children and young adults, mostly science fiction and fantasy, including topics such as ghost stories, no-nonsense princesses, opinionated squirrels, magic-gone-awry, and time travel. Her books have been on numerous state readers' choice lists and 8 CLASS PETS + 1 SQUIRREL ÷ 1 DOG = CHAOS has been used in numerous schools throughout the country as a read for 1 School/1Book events.