Andrew Jackson A Controversial President

Karla Lant is a freelance writer and editor. She is also an adjunct professor at Northern Arizona University. In addition to writing for children she focuses on technical, scientific, and business writing. Lant lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her daughter, Maeve. Maeve is an unschooled kid who loves learning about the true stories of peoples' lives. For this reason Karla has always been on the lookout for great new biography books for kids. She was thrilled to be able to create some herself. When she is not busy writing or playing with Maeve, Karla loves to cook, bake, can, and pickle. She loves getting new kitchen gadgets. Her latest culinary passion is baking breads and making laminated pastries. Karla was born in Phoenix, Arizona in the early 1970s. She is a fourth generation Arizonan. Her great-grandmother, who she knew as "Nana," was born in a covered wagon in Ruidoso, New Mexico as her family traveled to the territory of Arizona in 1896. Karla's great-grandfather was the head engineer of the Westward Ho Hotel in downtown Phoenix. Her family has lived in the state since its inception, and Karla has fond memories of her grandmother's stories about local history.