David McPhail

David McPhail is an award-winning author and illustrator of more than forty books for children, including Santa's Book of Names, to which Edward and the Pirates is a sequel. His other books include The Party, which Publishers Weekly called "a spirited blend of fantasy and gentle merriment"; First Flight, which the New York Times praised as "hilarious and helpful at the same time"; and Lost! which was chosen as an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. David McPhail lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

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