Dawn Malone is the author of the middle-grade novels, BINGO SUMMER and THE UPSIDE OF DOWN. As a former newspaper reporter, Dawn has written on a wide range of subjects, from a creole cooking school in New Orleans to award-winning irises in a Wisconsin greenhouse. Her work has appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal, the Chicken Soup for the Soul Think Positive for Kids edition, Highlights for Children, and many other magazines and newspapers. She lives in central Illinois.