Robert D. San Souci

[1] According to Mary M. Burns in Horn Book, his adaptations are typified by "impeccable scholarship and a fluid storytelling style.

San Souci adapted folktales into the titles The Samurai's Daughter, The Enchanted Tapestry, The Talking Eggs, Sukey and the Mermaid, Cut from the Same Cloth, The Hired Hand, A Weave of Words, and the Caldecott Honor book The Faithful Friend.

He also produced the Short and Shivery and Dare to Be Scared series, an Arthurian sequence, and retellings of Native American myths, most of which are directed to middle school students.

Prior to becoming a full-time author, he held jobs as a bookseller, editor, advertising copywriter, and theater and film reviewer.

[11] Robert D. San Souci died on December 19, 2014, at the age of 68, following a head injury resulting from a fall.