About Ruth Stiles Gannett
Ruth Stiles Gannett wrote My Father’s Dragon just a few years
after her graduation from Vassar College in 1944. It was an immediate success,
becoming a Newbery Honor Book, and was soon followed by two sequels, Elmer and the Dragon and The Dragons of Blueland. All three
dragon stories have been continuously in print since their publication. The
author’s other books include Katie and
the Sad Noise and The Wonderful
House-Boat-Train. She is married to the artist and calligrapher Peter Kahn.
They have seven daughters and seven grandchildren.