DENNIS & JUDITH FRADIN have written over 150 children's books. Duel! is written by Dennis. He also earned the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award for his illustrations of Houdini and The Piano Man. I, Matthew Henson, which won four stars, and Jesse Owens: Fastest Man Alive, which received two stars, are two of his most recent collaborations with Carole Boston Weatherford. www.ericvelasquez.com