About the Author

Jessie Haas grew up in Westminster West, Vermont, on a farm once owned by a member of Azariah Wright's militia. She attended Westminster schools and graduated from Wellesley College in 1981. She married Michael J. Daley, and the couple built a small off-grid home in Westminster West, next door to the family farm. Haas has published over thirty award-winning books for children and young adults, including several historical novels. Vermont History called her previous work of history, Revolutionary Westminster, an interesting story of the Westminster massacre that challenges us to reconsider our assumptions about the earliest violence of the American Revolution, and calls our attention to the unique role that Westminster and its citizens played in the creation of the state of Vermont. Visit her at www.jessiehaas.com.