Elise Broach

Elise Broach is an American author of children’s books and novels, including the picture book Wet Dog!, illustrated by David Catrow. She is a New York Times bestselling writer whose works include the novels Masterpiece, Shakespeare’s Secret, Desert Crossing, and Missing on Superstition Mountain, as well as numerous other picture books and early readers.

Broach was born in Atlanta, Georgia on September 20, 1963, and holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Yale University. Her books have received multiple honors, including the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award, ALA Notable Book selections, Junior Library Guild selections, and recognition from Publishers Weekly and the New York Public Library. She lives in Connecticut, where she works as a writer and editor for Scholastic Magazines and regularly teaches creative writing classes at Yale University.