Martha Seif Simpson is a children's book author inspired by a lifelong love of reading, sparked in third grade by Beverly Cleary's Henry Huggins. A former children's librarian, she has a passion for connecting young readers with engaging stories. Simpson is the author of The Dreidel That Wouldn’t Spin: A Toyshop Tale of Hanukkah, Esther's Gragger: A Toyshop Tale of Purim, and What NOT to Get Your Mom on Mother’s Day, among other works.