Ann Warren Turner was originally trained to be a teacher but decided early in her career that she would rather write books than teach about them.

Her first book, a nonfiction work about vultures, was published in 1973. From that time, she has never looked back and has continued to produce a wide variety of materials for children of various ages. In addition to her books for young adults, she has written poetry, picture books, novels for middle-grade readers, historical works, and books dealing with social problems for young readers.

Turner was born in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1945. She attended the University of Manchester from 1965-1966 and graduated from Bates College in 1967; she completed graduate work at the University of Massachusetts in 1968. In a brochure issued by her publishing company in 1989, she stated that she was a voracious reader when young and could not remember a...