Nancy Leek is a librarian who writes biographies of California pioneers for children. Her book on Peter Lassen, like her biographies of John and Annie Bidwell, are illustrated by Steve Ferchaud. From GoldReads : My name is Nancy Leek. I live in Chico, California and am a retired librarian. I have worked in public, school and academic libraries, including reference librarian for the Butte County Library and children’s librarian at the Orland Free Library. I am the author of John Bidwell: The