Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich is often asked about her name; she is the daughter of a Nigerian father and a Jamaican mother, and married to a man of Croatian descent. She was born in New York City, and was the ‘new kid’ many times over; she lived in the United States, Nigeria, and Kenya. “I spent a number of my younger years traveling to and living in different places," she says. "I attended public, private, ‘international,’ and religious schools. Much of my childhood was spent at a different school for every grade, and each move brought with it opportunities and challenges around identity” —experiences that play into her debut novel, 8th-Grade Superzero.

As an adult, Olugbemisola has worked as a publicist, youth group
leader, educational consultant, and freelance writer. She also studied writing with Paula Danziger (who introduced her to the One-on-One Plus Conference) and Madeleine L’Engle. She has a MA in Education and a Professional Development Certificate in the teaching of writing from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. She now lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York, where she loves to walk, people-watch, cook, bake, be in the classroom, sew, knit, and make a mess with just about any craft form. (She admits that she doesn't need the craft work to make a mess, though.)

8th Grade Superzero (Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, 2010), called "a
masterful debut" by Publishers Weekly in a starred review, has been named A Notable Children’s Book for a Global Society by the
International Reading Association and a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People by the National Council for the Social Studies and CBC. She is currently working on another middle grade novel, a chapter book, a young adult novel, and dreams of writing a picture book one day. Please visit her Web site at www.olugbemisola.com