
Edward Einhorn fell in love with writing when his older brother David read him the Oz books when he was little. He decided at age 7 he was going to be a writer, and he was going to write Oz books. Many years later, that’s just what he did! He also wrote some picture books about math (A Very Improbable Story and Fractions In Disguise), to combine his love of math and his love of writing. His brother used to read him a lot of plays too, so he runs a New York theater company focused on contemporary absurdist comedy. He also runs a festival of Central/Eastern European plays for the Vaclav Havel Center (the former Czech President and playwright, as well as a personal hero and a friend). His plays have been shown in New York, London, Chicago, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, and Prague among other places. He’s also received some nice reviews from the New York Times, Kirkus, Booklist, School Library Journal, The Village Voice, The Atlantic, and other places. He recently directed the feature film The Last Cyclist, which was shown on PBS. And he’s been writing a little opera too. He’s currently exploring writing picture books with stories about economics, about Hanukkah, about beavers, and a whole lot more.