More importantly, this gave Herman a chance to keenly observe Peggy during her writing processes, gaining great insight into the road ahead of him.

To carry on the essence of the series, Herman thoroughly examined his aunt's work and did his best to capture what exactly made the character of Amelia Bedelia such a hit.

In an interview with Publishers Weekly, Herman noted he didn't want to simply copy his aunt's style of "Amelia being given a list of things to do, but then being left alone to interpret it literally and run amuck," but chose to "have her have face-to-face misunderstandings instead.

Herman is a resident of Princeton, New Jersey, and travels to libraries and elementary schools across the United States, speaking to young children.

He spent 17 days in the intensive care unit at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and later dedicated Amelia Bedelia Cleans Up to two of his physicians.