Sophia Mallonée Gholz (born October 17, 1980) is an American writer of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction.
[2] Gholz's first book, The Boy Who Grew A Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng[3] (published by Sleeping Bear Press in 2019 and illustrated by Kayla Harren) is a picture book[4] that has been translated into multiple languages.
[5][6] Gholz's books include Jack Horner, Dinosaur Hunter!, a picture book biography about the paleontologist who inspired the main character in Jurassic Park, This is Your World: The Story of Bob Ross, and A History of Toilet Paper (and Other Potty Tools).
[15] In 2008, Gholz married Jeff Olson, an American photographer[29] and businessman.
[15] In 2022, stage rights were acquired to adapt the German translation, Der Junge, Einen Eald Pflanzte (Zuckersüß Verlag), of Gholz's book The Boy Who Grew A Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng, for a stage production at the Staatstheater Meiningen Theater in Berlin and the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.