Sara Holly Ackerman is an early childhood educator and the author of THE GABI THAT GIRMA WORE co-authored by Fasika Adefris and illustrated by Netsanet Tesfay (Little, Brown, 2024), NOT JUST THE DRIVER illustrated by Robert Neubecker (Beach Lane Books, 2024), and CHALLAH FOR SHABBAT TONIGHT illustrated by Alona Millgram (Algonquin Young Readers, 2024) as well as several other forthcoming picture books. After a decade in Lesotho, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ethiopia, she now resides in Brooklyn, NY with her daughter. Sara is represented by Tricia Lawrence of EMLA. Visit her at sarahollyackerman.com.