Gail Car­son Levine has pub­lished twen­ty-five books for chil­dren. She is best known for her New­bery Hon­or book Ella Enchant­ed. Her oth­er Jew­ish-themed his­tor­i­cal nov­el, Dave at Night, is loose­ly based on her father’s child­hood in the Hebrew Orphan Asy­lum. Most of her books are fan­ta­sy nov­els, but she has two pic­ture books and two how-to’s about writ­ing, also for children.