About
American children's book author most well known for her novels Do Bananas Chew Gum?, Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs, and Thirteen Ways to Sink a Sub.
Before Fame
She attended the University of Missouri and later Northwestern University's School of Communication.
Trivia
She won the Carl Sandburg Award for Do Bananas Chew Gum?
Family Life
She married attorney Jerome Gilson and they had three children together.
Associated With
Joyce Carol Oates was another recipient of the Carl Sandburg Award.
