Anthony DeStefano is the bestselling author of over twenty-five Christian books for adults and children. His nonfiction adult books have been published in eighteen different countries and twelve different languages. A native New Yorker, Anthony attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, where his English teacher, Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Angela's Ashes, sparked his interest in becoming a children's book author. In fact, Anthony wrote his first picture book, Little Star, as an assignment for one of McCourt's writing classes. Three decades later it was finally published and became a bestseller. Anthony is an avid pilot and successful businessman. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Jordan.