The Author
About Michelle
"Books are how we learn to be brave — and how we remember we are not alone."
— Michelle Infante McNiff
I'm Michelle Infante McNiff — novelist, journalist, and food blogger. I love to write tales of adventure, sacrifice, and resilience.
My books are illustrated by artists I deeply admire: my daughter, Taylor McNiff, created the original gouache paintings for The Piano Lady, bringing the music and memories to life with tender love and brushwork. New York Times Best-selling Comic Artist Kurt Huggins illustrated book covers for The Crooked Forest, Pedro Pan: One Boy's Journey to America, and Striker King with cinematic illustrations inside that leap off the page.
Pedro Pan: One Boy's Journey to America is an immigration story based on my mother's own journey from Havana to America — and dedicated to all the Pedro Pans, some 14,000 children who left their homes and families in search of freedom.
From a stunning French woman whose music unlocks a time capsule of wartime in Paris to a Roman legend born in Ancient Rome, and a war orphan who is determined to stay alive, as her survival is her greatest victory.