Norma Simon grew up in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan. When she was a little girl, Norma liked roller skating and jumping rope, but reading and writing were her favorite activities. Pretending was fun, and in writing one could pretend all sorts of things. Her first published book appeared in 1954 and was followed by more than fifty others, often for young children, but including one semi-autobiographical story for girls. She lives in Massachusetts.