Andrew Elborn Clements (May 29, 1949 – November 28, 2019) was an American author of children's literature.

[1] Clements was born in Camden, New Jersey, and lived in nearby Oaklyn and Cherry Hill before moving to Springfield, Illinois as a pre-teen.

[2][3] As a child, he enjoyed summers at a lakeside cabin in Maine where he spent his days swimming, hiking, water skiing, and his evenings reading books.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Northwestern University and a Masters of Arts in Elementary Education from National Louis University, he worked as a teacher, sharing his love of reading with elementary, middle, and high school students.

In 1985, Clements added his own work to the market with a picture book entitled Bird Delbert.