Bringing Up Bookmonsters

Amber Ankowski, PhD, teaches psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, with a focus on children's language and cognitive development and methods for conducting psychological research. Her work has been published in academic journals, including Child Development Research, Infant and Child Development, and Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. Together with her husband Andy, Amber blogs at doctoranddad.com, is coauthor of Think Like a Baby: 33 Simple Research Experiments You Can Do at Home to Better Understand Your Child's Developing Mind and Goodnight Zoom, and is the parent of three fantastically ferocious bookmonsters.

Andy Ankowski is an award-winning advertising creative director who specializes in explaining complex products and services in simple-and often laugh-out-loud funny-ways. He studied creative writing at the University of Notre Dame, and once wrote 365 poems about onion bagels in a single year. Together with his wife Amber, Andy blogs at doctoranddad.com, is coauthor of Think Like a Baby: 33 Simple Research Experiments You Can Do at Home to Better Understand Your Child's Developing Mind and Goodnight Zoom, and is the parent of three fantastically ferocious bookmonsters.

Khristine Hvam is a professional voice artist whose work includes audiobooks, video games, and voice-overs, including as Professor Juniper in the Pokemon television series. Among her narrations are the Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa, Dare Me by Megan Abbott, and Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor. Khristine lives in New York City.