Dashka Slater

About the Author

Dashka Slater is the New York Times bestselling author of fifteen books for children, teenagers, and adults, including the award-winning nonfiction titles Accountable and The 57 Bus as well as the beloved Escargot picture book series. A Pushcart Prize nominee and the recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, Dashka is a frequent speaker at schools, conferences, colleges, and universities. She lives in Oakland, California and teaches at the University of San Francisco’s MFA Program in Writing for Young Readers.