STEPHANIE GRAEGIN makes books for hedgehogs and humans of all ages. She spends her days and nights observing, recording and drawing the adventures of her hedgehog friends and neighbors. Her picture books include Everyday Bean, the first book in her Tiny Bean's Big Adventures series, which has earned many starred reviews, Little Fox in the Forest, Fern and Otto and The Long Ride Home. Stephanie has also illustrated numerous other children's books, such as the Heartwood Hotel series. She lives in New York.