Megan Cooley Peterson is a children's book author and editor. Her book How To Build Hair-Raising Haunted Houses (Capstone Press, 2011) was selected as a Book of Note by the TriState Young Adult Review Committee. Megan's love of animals began at an early age. Her childhood home was filled with animals, including two cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, a salamander, and four dogs: Sheba, a German Shepherd, King, a Collie, Gus, a Golden Retriever, and Annie, a Mutt. She has also been fortunate enough to visit some reptiles at behind-the-scenes tours at the Downtown Denver Aquarium in Denver, Colorado.