Born in Arlington Heights, Illinois, children’s author Nancy Bo Flood earned a BA from Beloit College, an MFA from Vermont College, and a PhD from the University of Minnesota. She has written more than ten books, including Marianas Island Legends (2001); The Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons (2006); and Cowboy Up!: Ride the Navajo Rodeo (2013), a finalist for the Colorado Book of the Year. Her interests include folktales, history, and the Navajo region.

Books by Flood have been named a Booklist Editor’s Choice for popular appeal and literary excellence, received a Bank Street Best Books of the Year (ages 5–9), and been selected by the Junior Library Guild. Flood lives in the Navajo Nation and has taught at Navajo Diné Community College. A trained psychologist, she has also worked as a counselor and researcher studying the human brain.