Michael Burgan (Adapter),

Michael Burgan, born March 15, 1960, in Hartford, Connecticut, is an award-winning American author specializing in children's nonfiction, particularly history and biography, with over 250 books published. He began his career as an editor at Weekly Reader in 1988, transitioned to freelancing in 1994, and has also adapted classic novels like Don Quixote and Frankenstein while editing The Biographer’s Craft newsletter.[1][2][3]