Pamela McColl is the author of Twas The Night- The Art and History of the Classic Christmas Poem and has spoken at over one hundred museums, libraries and bookstores on the history of Christmas in America. McColl became fascinated with the character Mrs. Claus while researching and writing her earlier title. McColl graduated as a history major and spent the first twenty-five years of her career as a corporate art consultant. Since 1995 she has been involved with publishing. In 2012 she published an edition of the famous Christmas poem Twas The Night Before Christmas that won eight book awards and best-seller status in the category of American poetry on amazon.com.