Sally M. Keehn is an author of children's and historical fiction books. She was born in London, but grew up in Annapolis, Maryland. At the age of 19, she left Annapolis to attend Hood College. After college, her thirst for learning led her to Korea, where she spent a year working for the American Red Cross and traveling through Far-East Asia. She then proceeded to Drexel University for her M.S. in Library Science, and she has worked as a librarian in both Maryland and Pennsylvania.