title: World of Reading: Sofia the First Clover Time: Level Pre-1
author: Disney Book Group
description: <div>Susan Amerikaner is an award-winning children's writer with more than a hundred books and produced scripts to her credit. Her work in video and publishing has garnered a WGA award, Emmy nomination and Parent's Choice awards. Susan's screen credits include Madeline, Sprout's Good Night Show, Disney's Bite Size, Adventures in Wonderland, Kid Genius, Puzzle Place, The Book of Virtues and Mrs. Piggle Wiggle. On the printed page, her work includes series such as Gifted and Talented, It's O.K. to Say No to Drugs! and My Silly Books. Susan lives in Ventura, California with her husband, a high school teacher and technology editor.</div>
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  _Late Eclipses_ is the fourth of Toby’s adventures. You’d think it would be
  getting easier, right? I sure did. But the fact of the matter is, books remain
  a lot of work, no matter how many of them you write, and making them worth
  reading is the work of many hands. For me, those many hands begin with the
  faithful Machete Squad, a tireless team of heavily-armed and merciless editors
  who go through every chapter a dozen times before it becomes ready for prime
  time. Without them, I would be in a lot of trouble. Special thanks to Jennifer
  Midkiff, for scrupulous editorial attentions, and to Melissa Glasser, for
  being my “on-call vet” for weird questions about fae biology. Also, thanks to
  everyone at the Ohio Valley Filk Festival, who tolerantly allowed me to do
  copyedits during open filking.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  On the publishing side of things, my agent, Diana Fox, saved my sanity and my
  sense of narrative on several occasions, all while continuing to rock lik