BIO

Emma Walton Hamilton is the Editorial Director for the Julie Andrews Collection. Ms. Hamilton is a founder and co-artistic director of The Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York, and is dedicated to bringing theater to young adults through her work with their Educational Outreach and Young Playwrights programs.

In addition to the Dumpy books, the most recent of which is DUMPY AND THE FIREFIGHTERS, she has co-authored the original fable SIMEON'S GIFT with her mother, Julie Andrews Edwards. Other books in the Dumpy series include the New York Times best-seller DUMPY THE DUMP TRUCK, DUMPY AT SCHOOL, DUMPY SAVES CHRISTMAS, DUMPY AND HIS PALS, DUMPY'S FRIENDS ON THE FARM, and DUMPY AND THE BIG STORM, recipient of the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award.