Author Info Kerry Gans is the author of several short stories, the middle grade novels The Witch of Zal and The Curse of the Pharaoh’s Stone, and two family history books: The Warren Family of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Their Ancestors, and The Campbell Family of New York City, New York, and Their Ancestors. She is a chocoholic theater geek, believes libraries are magic, and considers Chincoteague Island her perfect writing retreat. When not writing, she haunts cemeteries and dusty archives in search of long-dead ancestors and pursues her most important work-in-progress, her daughter.