Dianne de Las Casas is an award-winning author, recording artist, and storyteller. Her work has earned rave reviews from School Library Journal, Booklist, and Kirkus. She performs at schools, libraries, festivals, and special events and is a frequent speaker at national and state library and education conferences. The author of Pelican’s The Cajun Cornbread Boy, Madame Poulet and Monsieur Roach, Mama’s Bayou, The Gigantic Sweet Potato, and There’s a Dragon in the Library, de Las Casas lives with her family in Harvey, Louisiana.