Veronica Zysk, award-winning co-author of
1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, jumped headfirst into the field of Autism Spectrum Disorders in 1991 as Executive Director of the Autism Society of America. She later joined publisher Future Horizons and from 1999-2011 was the visionary and managing editor for the first national magazine on autism/Asperger’s: the Autism Asperger's Digest, winner of multiple Gold awards for excellence. Today Veronica is senior director of Product Development and Intellectual Property at Think Social Publishing, working alongside internationally renowned SLP Michelle Garcia Winner, creating books, games, and materials on social-emotional learning.
Veronica has worked with Temple in an editorial capacity for more than twenty-five years on Temple’s regular columns in the autism magazine, Temple’s book, The Way I See It , as well as with Temple and Sean Barron on Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism .
Since 2005 Veronica has co-authored and/or edited more than fifteen books on autism and Asperger’s, working with noted authors in the ASD world. She makes her home in the beautiful Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, with her two furry friends, Maja and Chai, who bring her daily doses of love, joy, and inspiration.
Temple Grandin earned her Ph.D. in animal science from the University of Illinois, and became an associate professor at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandin is one of the most respected individuals with high-functioning autism in the world. She presents at conferences nationwide, helping thousands of parents and professionals understand how to help individuals with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and PDD. She is the author of
Emergence: Labeled Autistic,
Thinking in Pictures, Animals in Translation (which spent many weeks on The New York Times Best-Seller List), The Autistic Brain, and
The Loving Push, co-written with Debra Moore, Ph.D. One of the most celebrated -- and effective -- animal advocates on the planet, Dr. Grandin revolutionized animal movement systems and spearheaded reform of the quality of life for the world's agricultural animals.
