J. Elizabeth Mills

J. Elizabeth Mills grew up in Pittsburgh, PA, spending many wonderful hours reading at the Squirrel Hill branch of the Carnegie Library system. After graduating from University of Michigan with a double major in English and French, she moved to Minneapolis, MN to pursue an internship at Milkweed Editions. She also worked as a bookseller at Wild Rumpus. She then moved to New York, NY to be a children's book editor at Scholastic Inc. After seven-and-a-half years editing and writing, working with authors, agents, packagers, and illustrators, she relocated to Seattle, WA to create content for toys and games at Cranium Inc. Having received both her MLIS and PhD, studying public library storytimes, culture, and design, she is a guest lecturer at University of Washington, an independent researcher, and a children's book author. Her picture book, THE SPOOKY WHEELS ON THE BUS, was published in July 2010, followed by two sequels, THE MERRY WHEELS ON THE BUS, (2024) and THE HOPPITY WHEELS ON THE BUS (2026).