About the author - Madeline Yehudit Israel, called Maddy, is a lively twelve year old living in Purchase, New York. Maddy is a competitive gymnast at World Cup Gymnastics, where she practices aroun...view moreAbout the author - Madeline Yehudit Israel, called Maddy, is a lively twelve year old living in Purchase, New York. Maddy is a competitive gymnast at World Cup Gymnastics, where she practices around five times a week, and has competitions every month. She has two siblings, Abby Israel and Ari Israel, and parents named Mindy Israel and Ronen Israel. Ari, a dyslexic, hated reading for the longest time. Once he started really liking reading, it was books involving wars; his interest. Maddy knows that many people like ghosts and haunted houses, so in making a book about those topics she hopes to draw readers in who otherwise would not read.view less