made her international debut
with The Frog Princess, which was a Book Sense
Children's Pick and has been optioned for an animated movie. Since
then she has written four other books in the series: Dragons
Breath, Once Upon a Curse, No Place for Magic, and The
Salamander Spell. A mother of three and grandmother of
one, Ms. Baker has had many interesting jobs—teacher, parrot
caretaker, member of the Red Cross Disaster Team—but her
true love is writing. She lives in Maryland, where she provides a
home for three horses, two dogs, three cats, and three goats named
Malcolm, Seth, and Ruben.