Children’s writer, essayist, and editor Steven Schnur earned a BA at Sarah Lawrence College and an MA at City University of New York. His many books for children include Sidney Taylor Award–winner The Shadow Children (1994, illustrated by Herbert Tauss) and The Koufax Dilemma (1997, illustrated by Meryl Treatner), as well as the four seasonal alphabet acrostic poetry collections, all illustrated by Leslie Evans: Autumn (1997), Spring (1999), Summer (2001), and Winter (2002). Schnur also published the essay collections This Thing Called Love: Thoughts of an Out-Of-Step Romantic (1993) and Daddy’s Home! Reflections of a Family Man (1990). The literary editor of the magazine Reform Judaism, he teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Scarsdale, New York, with his family. Source