Alison McGhee is the New York Times bestselling author of picture books (including Bink and Gollie), children’s novels (including the Julia Gillian series), young-adult novels (inc...view moreAlison McGhee is the New York Times bestselling author of picture books (including Bink and Gollie), children’s novels (including the Julia Gillian series), young-adult novels (including All Rivers Flow to the Sea), and adult novels (including the Today Show book-club selection Shadow Baby). In addition to being an award-winning author, she is a professor of creative writing at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota.view less