This is a just a sample "About the Author":
The Author, William Jones, is presently a 5th grade student at Fairland Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is 10 years old. William was born on February 17, 1985 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Mr. Jones likes to go swimming, fishing and watching football in his leisure time. He plans a career in marine biology but isn't sure yet. William likes to collect sea shell and has a very interesting shell from Australia. He also has his collection recorded on a data base so he can tell you the history of any shell in his collection.