Marion Dane Bauer Marion Dane Bauer has written more than eighty children's books, including picture books, easy readers, early chapter books, and novels. She won a Newbery Honor for On My Honor, a middle grade coming-of-age story. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. Visit her website at www.mariondanebauer.com. C. B. Canga is the illustrator of the Field Trip Mysteries. He lives in Pleasant Hill, California.