Kimberly FakihBefore Little Miseries, Kimberly Olson Fakih wrote two works of fiction for children, High on the Hog (1992) and Grandpa Putter & Granny Hoe (1991), as well as the lexicon, Off the Clock (1994) and The Literature of Delght, a guide to funny books for kids. She worked in publishing for many years, as a freelance reviewer at The New York Times and elsewhere, later at Kirkus Reviews, and currently as a senior book review editor at School Library Journal. She is an Iowa-born, Minnesota-raised, and permanent New Yorker. Read More Read Less