Elaine Dimopoulos is the critically acclaimed author of four novels for children: The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow and the forthcoming Perilous Performance at Milkweed Meadow, middle grade animal adventure stories illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Doug Salati. Turn the Tide, her middle grade novel-in-verse inspired by real-world environmental activism, won the Cadmus Children’s Fiction Green Earth Book Award. She is also the author of the young adult dystopia, Material Girls, which critiques fast fashion and consumer culture. Elaine served as the Associates of the Boston Public Library Writer-in-Residence and has taught writing at Simmons University and GrubStreet. She lives in Massachusetts with her spouse, two children, and a Balinese cat named Plato.