Langeland, Deirdre: - Deirdre Langeland has been a children's book editor and writer for more than twenty years. As an editor, she has edited award-winning picture books, unique and quirky comics, high-concept middle grade fiction, and in-depth narrative nonfiction. As a writer, she has authored everything from a Curious George picture book to a nonfiction/fantasy mash-up about unicorns. She lives in New York's Hudson River Valley with her husband and her daughter, who also serves as her contemporary middle school slang consultant.