David L. Russell is a professor of languages and literature in Michigan where he teaches

children’s literature and folk literature.He is the author of Patricia MacLachlan and Scott

O’Dell, both published by Twayne, as well as Stuart Academic Drama: An Edition of Three

University Plays, published by Garland.Additionally, he has published numerous scholarly

articles on children’s literature and was a contributor to The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s

Literature, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, and The Cambridge Guide to

Children’s Books in English. He is currently a book review editor for The Lion and the Unicorn.