Laura Joffe Numeroff is the
NYT best-selling author of
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, What Mommies/Daddies Do Best and
Raising a Hero. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from Pratt Institute. Laura grew up as the youngest of three girls, surrounded by art, music, and books. An avid animal lover, Laura has always wanted to write a book about service dogs. She now lives in Los Angeles, California.