Frank W. Dormer is the author-illustrator of Firefighter Duckies!, The Sword in the Stove, Click!, The Obstinate Pen, and Socksquatch, as well as the illustrator of many other books for children, including the picture books Octopus Escapes and Ebenezer Has a Word for Everything, the Aggie and Ben easy-reader series, and the middle-grade series The Adventures of Jo Schmo. He lives in Branford, Connecticut.