Quote of the day
The sun was like a great visiting presence that stimulated and took its due from all animal energy. When it flung wide its cloak and stepped down over the edge of the fields at evening, it left behind it a spent and exhausted world.
Jenny Nimmo

Born: January 15, 1944 (age 81)
Bio: Jenny Nimmo is a British author of children's books including many fantasy and adventure novels, chapter books, and picture books. Born in England, she has lived in Wales for most of forty years.
Known for:
- Charlie Bone and the Time Twister (2002)
- Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy (2004)
- Charlie Bone and the Hidden King (2006)
- The Castle of Mirrors (2005)
- Charlie Bone and the Beast (2007)