Nancy Kunhardt Lodge is an American author with a degree in History of Art, specialising in the Renaissance. She is a professor at the universities of Maryland, Boston and Washington D.C.. She has written various articles and presented at conferences on the Renaissance in Italy and the EU. Following on from 'El navegador de cristal' ('The Crystal Navigator' [original English language title]), which won the Mom's Choice Award, this is the next instalment of the adventures of Lucy Nightingale. Lodge's literary vocation is inherited, as her grandmother wrote the famous children's book 'El conejito Pat' ('Pat the Bunny' (original English title])