Kate Banks

Katherine Anne Banks (February 13, 1960 – February 24, 2024) was an American children's writer. Her books, ''The Night Worker,'' won the 2001 Charlotte Zolotow Award, ''And If the Moon Could Talk'' won the 1998 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for best picture book. ''Dillon Dillon'' was a finalist for the 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction. ''Howie Bowles, Secret Agent'' was nominated for the 2000 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile. ''Max’s Math'' won the 2016 Mathical Book Prize. Provided by Wikipedia