Jackie French Koller is the author of over two dozen books for children and young adults, including A Place to Call Home (Atheneum, 1995) and The Falcon (Atheneum, 1998). She grew up in New England with a deep love of nature and spent much of her time roaming the woods around her various homes. This love of the land led to a sense of kinship with, and a natural curiosity about, New England's earliest inhabitants. Ms. Koller first explored her interest in early New England history through her critically acclaimed novel, The Primrose Way. Now, with the help of the Narragansetts, she has produced Nickommoh! -- a tribute to and celebration of the indomitable spirit of New England's indigenous people. Ms. Koller is currently working on a third book on yet another aspect of our Native American cultural heritage and hopes to do many more. - (Simon and Schuster)