Gary Gautier lives in New Orleans, where he runs marathons, plays in the park with his daughter, enjoys the arts, eats out often, and sweats a lot in the summer. He cooks many things besides spaghetti. Once, in fact, due to a series of misadventures, he spent sic months as the chef at a French restaurant. Gary also has done all sorts of writing, from technical books, to numerous poems, articles, and a book about eighteenth-century novels. This is his first children's book. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.