ALETHEA K. HELBIG is Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. She coauthored, with Agnes Regan Perkins,
Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984 (Greenwood Press, 1986),
Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1859-1959: Books of Recognized Merit(Greenwood Press, 1985) and has published articles in Children's Literature,
Children's Literature Association Quarterly,
The Alan Review,
American Women Writers, and
Writers for Children. She compiled
Straight on Till Morning: Poems of the Imaginary World and
Dusk to Dawn: Poems of Night (with Agnes Perkins). Professor Helbig is Past-President of the Children's Literature Association (International).
AGNES REGAN PERKINS is Professor of English Language and Literature at Eastern Michigan University. She is co-author, with Alethea K. Helbig, of Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960-1984 (Greenwood Press, 1986), Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1859-1959 (Greenwood Press, 1985) and has published articles in A Tolkien Compass, Unicorn, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, and Writers for Children. In addition, she is co-compiler of New Coasts and Strange Harbors: Discovering Poems (with Helen Hill), Straight on Till Morning: Poems of the Imaginary World, and Dusk to Dawn: Poems of Night (with Alethea Helbig).